MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AV stater (18mm, 8.53 gm, 11h). NGC MS 4/5 - 4/5. Posthumous issue of Colophon, ca. 319-310 BC. Head of Athena right, hair flowing loose below and over left shoulder, wearing necklace and triple-crested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, short curled crest ends, the bowl decorated with coiled serpent right / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Nike advancing left, wreath in outstretched right hand, stylis cradled in left arm; ΣΩ monogram in left field, EY monogram in field below left wing. Price -, cf. 1783 (drachm). Struck from artistic dies, nicely centered on tight flan.

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