389, Lot: 71. Estimate $300. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.69 g, 12h). Lampsakos mint. Struck 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; monogram to inner left, crescent in exergue. Thompson 47; Müller 401 var. (form of monogram). Near VF, lightly toned, scratch in field on obverse.
From the L. Shea Collection.