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Triton XXV  11-12 Jan 2022
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Lot 129

Estimate: 5000 USD
Price realized: 13 000 USD
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THRACE, Byzantion. Circa 150-120 BC. AV Stater (20mm, 8.50 g, 12h). In the name and types of Lysimachos. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ, Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; monogram to inner left, BY on throne; in exergue, ornamented trident left. Marinescu Issue 135, 453 (O174/R432); cf. Müller 231 (tetradrachm); HGC 3, 1383; Bement 889 (same dies); Hermitage Sale I 141 (same dies). Attractive light red tone over lustrous surfaces, a couple of faint scratches on obverse. Great surfaces. Choice EF.

Ex Numismatic Fine Arts XXV (29 November 1990), lot 51; Tkalec & Rauch (16 November 1987), lot 80; Numismatic Fine Arts XVIII (31 March 1987), lot 88; Leu 25 (23 April 1980), lot 97; Santa Barbara Museum Collection (Numismatic Fine Arts I, 20 March 1975), lot 103.
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