CNG 108, Lot: 42. Estimate $3000. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 8.50 g, 11h). Uncertain mint. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAXOY, Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; monogram to inner left. Thompson –; Müller 507; Pozzi 1165; Ars Classica XIII, lot 682 = Ars Classica XVII, lot 410 (same dies); Vinchon (Apr. 1974), 88 (same dies). Near EF, underlying luster, slightly soft strike on obverse.