MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AV stater (18mm, 9h). Choice VF, mounted. Lifetime or early posthumous issue of Amphipolis, ca. 330-320 BC. Head of Athena right, hair falling straight in six tight corkscrew curls, wearing necklace and triple-crested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, divergent crest ends, the bowl decorated with coiled serpent / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Nike standing facing, head left, wreath in outstretched right hand, stylis cradled in left arm; vertical thunderbolt in outer left field. Price 164. Coin is spot mounted in four places to ring. No hallmarks on band, thus uncertain metal composition. Size 9.
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