409, Lot: 87. Estimate $150. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THRACE, Odessos. Circa 80-72/1 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31.5mm, 16.33 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles, with the features of Mithradates VI, right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; ΛΑΚΩ above knee, [ΟΔΗ in exergue]. Callataÿ Group 3; Topalov,
Odesos 80; Price 1193; HGC 3.2, 1589. VF, bright surfaces, area of flat strike.
From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon.