414, Lot: 19. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.25 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Abydos mint. Struck circa 301/0-300/299 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, forepart of lion left above monogram; below throne, head right, wearing Phrygian cap. Thompson 64-5 var. (monogram); Müller –; Price 1582 var. (monogram); HGC 3, 1751c; ANS 1952.123.229 (same obv. die); SNG Saroglos 726 (same dies). VF, toned. Rare variety.

This variety was apparently missed by Price, as both examples were known by at least the 1950s.