412, Lot: 59. Estimate $500. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28.5mm, 16.83 g, 3h). Lampsakos mint. Struck 297/6-282/1 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, spear behind; monogram to inner left, crescent in exergue. Thompson 60 var. (position of crescent); Müller 396 var. (same); HGC 3, 1750b. Near EF, lightly toned, die break on obverse.

The obverse die used for this piece appears to have been re-engraved in the die, and is either the same die as, or by the same engraver of, Münzen und Medaillen FPL 123, no. 6.