421, Lot: 18. Estimate $150. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Odessos. Circa 90-80 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.43 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Herakles, magistrate. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; ΟΔΗ in left field, star below throne, HPAKΛEOYΣ in exergue. Callataÿ Group 2, dies D1/R– (unlisted rev. die); Topalov, Odesos, Series 45, Issue 98 var. (shorter name); Price 1208 var. (same); HGC 3, 1588. VF, toned, double struck, area of flat strike. Extremely rare variety of a very rare issue, only two in Pella (including the one noted by Callataÿ), five in CoinArchives (including the present piece).

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 281 (20 June 2012), lot 20.