287, Lot: 65. Estimate $300. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of THRACE. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.13 g, 12h). Ephesos mint. Struck circa 294-287 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, spear behind; bee to inner left, monogram on throne. Thompson -; Müller -; Triton V, lot 1336 (same dies); Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 166, lot 8 (same dies). Near EF. Rare.

A variety without the E-Φ on either side of the bee. Thompson does record a stater of this type with the same symbols on the reverse (Thompson 165).