MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AV stater (17mm, 8.53 gm, 8h). NGC Choice XF 3/5 - 3/5, flan flaw, edge scuff, scratches. Posthumous issue of Babylon, under Seleucus I Nicator, ca. 311-300 BC. Head of Athena right, hair flowing loose, over left shoulder, and upswept at temple, wearing pendant earring, beaded necklace, and triple-crested Corinthian helmet with short parallel crest ends pushed back on head, the bowl decorated with coiled serpent right / AΛEΞANΔPOY / BA-ΣIΛEΩΣ, Nike standing facing, head left, wreath in outstretched right hand, stylis cradled in left arm; head of Silenus looking upward in left field below wing, HYP monogram within wreath in right field below wing. Price 3735. Stunningly gorgeous stater with a well-centered strike on a lustrous and toned flan, HID09801242017 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
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