420, Lot: 23. Estimate $150. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Mesambria. Circa 125-100 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.42 g, 12h). 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 above ΔI; BY below throne. Karayotov I 250–1 var. (O72/R247 [unlisted die combination]); Callataÿ Group 3, dies D27/R– (unlisted rev. die); Price 1072; HGC 3, 1569. VF, toned, fine cleaning marks.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Giessener Münzhandlung 97 (11 October 1999), lot 215.