MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AV stater (18mm, 8.61 gm, 11h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5. Posthumous issue of Amphipolis, under Cassander, ca. 310-301 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing necklace and triple-crested Corinthian helmet with long divergent crest ends pushed back on head, the bowl decorated with coiled serpent right, hair falling in five tight spiral curls and loose over left shoulder / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Nike standing facing, head left, wreath in outstretched right hand, stylis cradled on left arm; trident head left in left field, pellet in lower right field. Price -, cf. 175, but apparently unpublished with pellet in field. Müller -.
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Price realized | 5'750 USD |
Starting price | 1'500 USD |
Estimate | 3'000 USD |