MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AV stater (18mm, 8.61 gm, 6h). NGC AU 4/5 - 4/5. Posthumous issue of Abydus, ca. 323-317 BC. Head of Athena right, hair flowing loose in waves and over left shoulder, wearing necklace and triple crested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, long intersecting crest ends, the bowl decorated with coiled serpent right / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Nike advancing left, wreath in outstretched right hand, stylis cradled in left arm; MH monogram above pentagram in left field, cornucopia in left field below wing. Price 1524. Enticing radiance which seems to halo around the goddesses.

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