MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AV stater (17mm, 8.56 gm, 1h). NGC AU 3/5 - 3/5, brushed. Late lifetime-early posthumous issue of Sidon, 333-305 BC. Head of Athena right, hair in three corkscrew curls , wearing necklace and triple crested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, short parallel crest ends, the bowl decorated with griffin springing right / AΛEΞANΔP-OY, Nike standing facing, head left, wreath in outstretched right hand, stylis cradled in left arm; palm with fillets in lower left field below wing. Price 3471. Extremely rare - only three examples in sales archives, this specimen included. Ex Philip DeVicci Collection (Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 55 (13 September 2000), lot 192

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