MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AV stater (18mm, 8.56 gm, 7h). NGC MS 4/5 - 3/5. Posthumous issue of Lampsacus, 310-301 BC. Head of Athena right, hair flowing in loose waves and over left shoulder, upswept at temple, wearing pendant earring, necklace, and triple-crested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, short parallel crest ends, bowl decorated with coiled serpent right / ΑΛEΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Nike advancing left, wreath in outstretched right hand, stylis cradled in left arm; KI in outer left field, uncertain monogram below right wing (off flan). Cf. Price 1396. Shimmering fields and sharp details from freshly carved dies. Ex European Ambassador Collection, formed in the 1950s and 1960s

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