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Auction 30  9 January 2013
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Lot 79

Estimate: 9500 USD
Price realized: 9500 USD
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ANCIENT COINS. GREEK. Kingdom of Thrace, Lysimachos (323-281 B.C.), Gold Stater, 8.50g, 11h. Mint of Pella, struck c.286/5-282/1 B.C. Head of Alexander the Great facing right, wearing a diadem and the horn of Ammon. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAXOY, Athena, helmeted, enthroned to left, holding Nike in her outstretched right hand and resting her left elbow on a shield at her side, behind her rests a spear, a monogram in inner left field, Π on throne, K in exergue (Thompson, 'The Mints of Lysimachus', in Essays to Robinson, 241; Müller 503; Jameson 2464 (these dies)). A superb example with a wonderful portrait of Alexander the Great, residual lustre, good extremely fine.
Ex Numismatic Fine Arts, Inc., Auction V, Beverly Hills, 23-24 February 1978, lot 66

Estimate: $9,500
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