CNG 97, Lot: 70. Estimate $1500. Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 17.09 g, 12h). Pergamon mint. Struck circa 287/6-282 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon; K below / Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, spear behind; crescent to outer left, cult image to inner left, EΠ monogram in exergue. Thompson 224; Arnold-Biucchi, Pergamene – (O10/R56 [unlisted die combination]); Müller –; Hirsch 928 (same obv. die); Meydancikkale 2678 (same rev. die). Near EF, lightly toned, a couple light scratches on obverse. Fine style.