447, Lot: 55. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 16.76 g, 12h). Magnesia on the Maeander mint. Struck circa 297/6-282/1 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; race torch with fillets to outer left, monogram to inner left. Thompson 115; Müller 443a var. (monogram); HGC 3, 1750e. Lightly toned, scratches, die wear and small metal flaw on reverse. Good VF.

From the Rye Collection, purchased from Robert J. Myers, 28 March 1974.