| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 114 | Auction date: 23 November 2023 |
| Lot number: 239 Price realized: 900 GBP (Approx. 1,121 USD / 1,032 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Kings of Thrace, Skostokos AR Tetradrachm. Uncertain mint in Thrace (Ainos?), circa 277-260 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander to right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated to left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΛΥΣΙΜΑXΟΥ crowned by Nike to left; ΣΚΟΣΤΟΚΟΥ below, herm to inner left. Fischer-Bossert, Skostokos, 9b (V1/R9, this coin); ANS 1944.100.81705 (same dies); Dewing 1362 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen 1171; SNG Ashmolean 3779; HGC 3.2, 1471. 16.97g, 28mm, 6h. Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare. This coin cited in W. Fischer-Bossert, "Die Lysimachaeier des Skostokos" in RBN CLI (2005); Acquired from Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung; Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 111, 18 March 2006, lot 6132; Ex Numismatik Lanz München, Auction 125, 28 November 2005, lot 198; Ex Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 130, 8 March 2004, lot 1115 Estimate: 1500 GBP |  |
