Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 268. Estimate $4000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of THRACE. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AV Stater (8.56 gm, 12h). Alexandria Troas mint. Struck circa 297/6-282/1 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / BASILEWS LUSIMACOU, Athena seated left, holding Nike in extended right hand, left arm resting on shield, spear behind; in inner left field, AP monogram above bee; EM monogram in exergue. Thompson 147; Müller 429. Superb EF with underlying lustre, light scuff on reverse. Attractive portrait. ($4000)

Ex Triton VI (14-15 January 2003), lot 235 (incorrect description).

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