424, Lot: 45. Estimate $150. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.21 g, 11h). In the types of Alexander III of Macedon. Ephesos mint. Struck circa 295/4-289/8 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, bee right above ethnic. Thompson –; Price 1876; Müller –. Near EF, lightly toned.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear, December 1997.