MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AV stater (18mm, 8.54 gm, 11h). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 3/5, Fine Style, marks, edge marks. Posthumous issue of Babylon, under Seleucus I Nicator, ca. 317-311 BC. Head of Athena right, hair flowing loose and upswept at temple, wearing necklace, pendant earring, and triple crested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, short parallel crest ends, bowl decorated with coiled serpent right / AΛEΞANΔPOY / BA-ΣIΛEΩΣ, Nike standing facing, head left, wreath in outstretched right hand, stylis cradled in left arm; ΘE in left field below wing, HYP monogram within wreath in right field below wing. Price 3709. Struck from highly-detailed dies on satiny surfaces with underlying luster.

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