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419, Lot: 16. Estimate $150.
Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Mesambria. Circa 150-125 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32.5mm, 15.93 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left on ornate throne with thunderbolt on rear leg; in left field, crested Corinthian helmet right above ΔA; monogram below throne. Karayotov I – (O59/R– [obv. die unlisted for issue, unlisted rev. die]); Price 1057; HGC 3, 1568. VF, toned, off center on reverse.


From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex G. Hirsch 214 (14 February 2001), lot 1286.