CNG 108, Lot: 31. Estimate $300. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Odessos. Circa 120-90 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32.5mm, 16.66 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; ΔH in left field, civic monogram below throne. Callataÿ Group 1, obv. die D2; Topalov, Odesos, Series 31, Issue 67; Price 1180; HGC 3, 1587. Good VF, lightly toned.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, 10 November 2001.

The reverse die used for this coin appears to have originally been engraved with the markings of Price 1178, then altered to remove both left field markings, and with the ΔH re-engraved higher in the left field and the civic monogram of Odessos added below the throne. The markings of Price 1178, which lacked the monogram of Odessos and had a Corinthian helmet in the left field above the letters, suggest that the die was originally intended for use at Mesambria, where such markings were canonical.