MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AV stater (18mm, 8.58 gm, 8h). ANACS XF 45. Early posthumous issue of Lampsacus, ca. 323-317 BC. Head of Athena right, hair in three tight corkscrew curls and upswept at temple, wearing triple-crested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, short parallel crest ends, the bowl decorated with leaping griffin right / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Nike advancing left, wreath in outstretched right hand, stylis cradled in left arm; buckle above ΩA monogram in outer left field. Price -, cf. P13A (same reverse but for Philip III). From the Historical Scholar Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group (30 July 2001), inventory number 63561, private sale with old dealer tag

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