CNG 106, Lot: 99. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 16.97 g, 5h). Alexandreia Troas 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; to inner left, head of ram left; star on throne. Thompson 151; Meadows, Earliest 5, dies O4/R6, b (this coin); Müller –. Near EF, toned, underlying luster, light scratches on reverse.

From the George Bernert Collection. Ex Künker 67 (9 October 2001), lot 231.