Watch List notes:

TROAS, Abydos. Early-mid 2nd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (35mm, 16.84 g, 12h). In the name and types of Lysimachos of Thrace. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; cornucopia to inner left; in exergue, eagle standing right within A-BY, flanked by two monograms. Seyrig casts 182.20 (same dies); New York Sale XX, lot 125 (same dies). Near EF, toned, slight die shift on obverse. Very rare.


From the Allan Smith, M.D. Collection. Ex Triton XIII (5 January 2010), lot 1283.