419, Lot: 18. Estimate $150. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Odessos. Circa 120-90 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31.5mm, 16.62 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Corinthian helmet right (erased in die) above ΔH. Callataÿ Group 1, p. 85, dies D2/R1; Topalov, Odesos 64; AMNG I –; Price 1178; HGC 3, 1587. VF, lightly toned, double struck, cleaning scratches. Very rare, only one noted by Callataÿ (the same sole piece in Pella), none in CoinArchives.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, 10 November 2001.