MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AV stater (17mm, 8.57 gm, 5h). NGC MS 4/5 - 4/5. Late lifetime-early posthumous issue of 'Amphipolis', ca. 330-320 BC. Head of Athena right, hair in four tight corkscrew curls falling straight along neckline and loose over left shoulder, wearing necklace and 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. Bold portrait detailing on lustrous, mellow flan.

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