MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AV stater (18mm, 8.59 gm, 3h). NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 3/5, brushed. Early posthumous issue of Babylon (?), ca. 323-317. Head of Athena right, hair flowing loose, across left shoulder and upswept at temple, wearing pendant earring, beaded necklace and triple-crested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, short parallel crest ends, the bowl decorated with coiled serpent right / AΛEΞANΔPOY / ΒΑ-ΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Nike advancing left, wreath in outstretched right hand, stylis cradled in left arm; ΠΥ below wing in left field. Price -. Ex inventory of a UK dealer (Roma Numismatics, E-Sale 77, 26 November 2020), lot 269 Stylistically, this coin certainly is a product of the mint in Babylon. Cf. Heritage Auctions, Auction 232113 (1 April 2020), lot 61036 for an example of Price 3691 which was likely engraved by the same celator who produced this beautiful specimen.

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