Extremely Rare

440, Lot: 27. Estimate $300. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.28 g, 1h). In the types of Alexander III of Macedon. Kolophon mint. Struck circa 299/8-297/6 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, forepart of lion left above crescent; pentagram below throne. Thompson 127; Price L28; Müller 20; HGC 3, 1752e; CNG E-413, lot 6 (same dies); Leu Numismatik E-5, lot 98 (same dies); Nomos 15, lot 46 (same dies). Near EF, lightly toned. Extremely rare example with royal title to left and crescent facing right, only the Nomos piece published.

All published examples of the issue Thompson 127, save for the Nomos and CNG coins, have the royal title in the exergue, which was canonical for Alexander types in the name of Lysimachos. In addition, the crescent here faces right, instead of the usual left.