417, Lot: 33. Estimate $150. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Mesambria. Circa 175-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (35.5mm, 16.62 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 XO; HPA below throne. Karayotov I 131 var. (O46/R– [unlisted rev. die]); Price 1101; HGC 3, 1569. VF, minor double strike.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 727798 (September 2001).