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Auction 30  9 January 2013
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Lot 81

Estimate: 3500 USD
Price realized: 3500 USD
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ANCIENT COINS. GREEK. Kingdom of Thrace, Lysimachos (323-281 B.C.), Silver Tetradrachm, 17.13g, 11h. Mint of Amphipolis, struck c.288/7-282/1 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, monograms in inner left field and in exergue (Thompson, 'The Mints of Lysimachus', in Essays to Robinson, 211; Müller 544). Excellent style and a wonderful portrait of Alexander the Great, with a superb dark iridescent cabinet tone, extremely fine.
Ex Numismatic Fine Arts, Inc., Auction V, Beverly Hills, 23-24 February 1978, lot 65

Estimate: $3,500
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