CNG 105, Lot: 135. Estimate $500. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BITHYNIA, Kalchedon. Circa 260s BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.72 g, 12h). In the types of Lysimachos of Thrace. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, arm resting on shield, spear in background; monogram to inner left, grain ear in exergue. Marinescu Issue 4, 10 (O7/R10); Türkoğlu LO2a; HGC 7, 523; SNG BM Black Sea 131 (same obv. die); Meydancikkale 2706 (same dies). Good VF, toned, a few marks, traces of horn silver on obverse, slight die shift on reverse. Very rare, only nine noted by Marinescu, four in CoinArchives.