★ A bold stater of Alexander ★

KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’, 336-323 BC. Stater (Gold, 18 mm, 8.64 g, 10 h), Amphipolis, struck under Antipater, circa 325-323/2. Head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with a coiled serpent. Rev. AΛEΞANΔΡOΥ Nike standing front, head to left, with her wings spread, holding laurel wreath in her right hand and stylis in her left; Boeotian shield. Price 174. Minor flan faults on the reverse, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.

From a European collection, formed before 2005.