MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AV stater (17mm, 8.51 gm, 2h). NGC AU 4/5 - 4/5. Posthumous issue of Babylon, under Seleucus I Nicator, ca. 317-311 BC. Head of Athena right, hair flowing loose and over left shoulder, upswept at temple, wearing earring, necklace and triple-crested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, short parallel crest ends, the bowl decorated with coiled serpent right / AΛEΞANΔPOY / BA-ΣIΛEΩΣ, Nike standing facing, head left, wreath in outstretched right hand, stylis cradled in left arm; ΘE in left field below wing, HYP monogram within wreath in right field below wing. Price 3710.
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