424, Lot: 33. Estimate $150. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THRACE, Mesambria. Circa 150-125 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31.5mm, 16.38 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, crested Corinthian helmet right above MA; monogram below throne. Karayotov I 186 (O55/R178); Callataÿ Group 2, dies D4/R1; Price 1076; HGC 3, 1568. VF, toned, slight die shift.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, 10 November 2001.