Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 267. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of THRACE. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.96 gm, 12h). Byzantion mint. Struck circa 195-150 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / BASILEWS LUSIMACO[U], Athena seated left, holding Nike in extended right hand, left arm resting on shield, spear behind; monogram to inner left, BY on throne, ornamented trident in exergue. Müller -; SNG Stancomb 6 (same obverse die). Good VF, light toning around devices. ($750)

From the Ronald Cohen Collection.

See lot 260 for more information on the coinage of Lysimachos.