423, Lot: 14. Estimate $200. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Mesambria. Circa 150-125 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 16.71 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; monogram below throne. Karayotov I 232 (O69/R226); Callataÿ Group 2, dies D11/R1; Price 1059; HGC 3, 1568. Good VF, lightly toned, fine cleaning scratches in fields.

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