406, Lot: 46. Estimate $250. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Mesambria. Circa 175-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (36.5mm, 16.66 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedonia. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, helmet above MA; Ko below throne. Karayotov I 165 (O49/R163); Callataÿ Group 2, dies D2/R– (c. 155-110 BC); Price 1077; HGC 3.2, 1568. Near EF, toned, minor flan flaw in field on reverse. Well centered.

From the George Bernert Collection.