★ Virtually as struck ★

KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’, 336-323 BC. Stater (Gold, 19 mm, 8.59 g, 12 h), Abydos (?), struck under Antigonos I Monophthalmos, 323-317. Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with a coiled serpent. Rev. AΛEΞANΔΡOΥ Nike standing front, head to left, with her wings spread, holding laurel wreath in her right hand and stylis in her left; to left, monogram above pentagam; below left wing, cornucopiae. Price 1524. Lustrous and very sharp, a splendid piece. A few faint marks, otherwise, virtually as struck.