Unique

CNG 112, Lot: 121. Estimate $500. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 4.23 g, 12h). Abydos mint. Struck 297/6-282/1 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; to outer left, head of griffin left; monogram to inner left. Cf. Thompson 70 and 75 (tetradrachm); cf. Müller 126 (tetradrachm); cf. HGC 3, 1753 (for type). EF, toned, off center on obverse, minor die shift on reverse. Unique lifetime drachm of Lysimachos type from Abydos.

Drachms of Lysimachos type were previously known at Abydos from an extremely rare posthumous issue dating to the second century BC (cf. CNG 106, lot 320); no lifetime issues are recorded.