422, Lot: 36. Estimate $200. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THRACE, Mesambria. Circa 150-125 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30.5mm, 16.40 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedonia. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in inner left field, helmet above ΔA; XPY below throne. Karayotov I 207 (O63/R202); Callataÿ Group 2, dies D15/R1; Price 1065; HGC 3, 1568. Good VF, toned, light scratches.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 58 (19 September 2001), lot 230.