440, Lot: 22. Estimate $150. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Drachm (18.5mm, 4.25 g, 12h). In the types of Alexander III of Macedon. Abydos mint. Struck circa 299/8-297/6 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, lion forepart left above M; below throne, head of griffin left. Thompson 68; Müller –; Price L20; HGC 3, 1751c. Good VF, toned, slightly off center on reverse. Very rare, none in Pella and only one in CoinArchives (three other coins in CoinArchives attributed to Thompson 68 are actually an unpublished variety with a M-like monogram in left field).