Of Fine Style

Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 113. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of THRACE. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.91 g, 12h). Pergamon mint. Struck circa 287/6-282 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon; K below neck / Athena Nikephoros seated left, spear behind; herm to outer left, cult image to inner left, monogram in exergue. Arnold-Biucci, Pergamene 40 var. (O9A/R- [poss. R39?]); Thompson 220 var. (crescent not herm); Müller 294 var. (same); SNG France -; Hunterian 46 (same obv. die). Near EF, lightly toned. Fine style.

Ex Triton VII (13 January 2004), lot 174.

Arnold-Biucci incorrectly lists obverse die 9 for her die combinations 37-47 and 49. While 37-40 are struck from a single obverse die, a slightly different die is used on 41-47 and 49. As none of 37-40 are illustrated in her study, while 41-47 and 49 are, we have chosen to amend the listing of 37-40 to reflect a different obverse die, 9A. (It should also be noted that the plate coin marked 40b is actually 42b.)