CNG 106, Lot: 73. Estimate $500. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Mesambria. Circa 225-175 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33.5mm, 16.83 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, crested Corinthian helmet right above ΔI. Karayotov I 57 (O23/R54); Topalov, Messambria 13; Price 1001. Near EF, attractively toned, overstruck on a similar issue. Well centered.

From the Dr. Wilfried Pieper Collection.