MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AV stater (18mm, 8.56 gm, 5h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 3/5, edge marks, brushed. Lifetime or early posthumous issue of 'Amphipolis', ca. 330-320 BC. Head of Athena right, hair in four tight corkscrew curls falling straight along neckline, two over left shoulder, and another across cheek, wearing triple crested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, long divergent crest ends, the bowl decorated with coiled serpent right / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Nike standing facing, head left, wreath in outstretched right hand, stylis cradled in left arm; trident head downward in left field. Price 172. Excellent centering on satiny flan.

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