351, Lot: 43. Estimate $100. Sold for $100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.27 g, 12h). In the types of Alexander III of Macedon. Abydos mint. Struck circa 299/8-297/6 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, lion forepart left above M; below throne, head of griffin left. Thompson 68; Price L20; Müller –. VF, struck with worn obverse die, a few tiny flan flaws on reverse. Very rare.

From the Nicholas Sicurella Collection.

There are two coins in CoinArchives attributed to Thompson 68, but they are actually an unpublished variety with a M-like monogram in left field.