MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AV stater (18mm, 8.55 gm, 9h). NGC MS 5/5 - 2/5, Fine Style, edge filing. Posthumous issue of Babylon, under Seleucus I Nicator, ca. 311-305 BC. Head of Athena right, hair flowing loose, over left shoulder, and upswept at temple, wearing pendant earring, necklace, and triple-crested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, short parallel crest ends, the bowl decorated with griffin leaping right / AΛEΞANΔPOY / BAΣIΛEΩΣ, Nike standing facing, head left, wreath in outstretched right hand, stylis cradled in left arm; MI in outer left field, HYP monogram within wreath in left field below wing. Price 3749 corr. (sphinx on helmet).

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