MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AV stater (18mm, 8.54 gm, 1h). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 2/5, scuffs. Late lifetime or early posthumous issue of Salamis, ca. 323-315 BC. Head of Athena right, hair arranged in five parallel corkscrew curls down neck, loosening at the tips, wearing single pendant earring, necklace, and triple-crested Corinthian helmet, pushed back on head, the bowl decorated with coiled serpent / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Nike standing facing, head left, wreath in outstretched right hand, stylis cradled in left arm; rudder in left field. Price 3149.

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