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MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AV stater (19mm, 8.53 gm, 5h). NGC AU 4/5 - 2/5, marks. Posthumous issue of Tyre, dated Regnal Year 30 of Azemilkos (320/19 BC). Head of Athena right, hair flowing in loose waves, wearing pearl necklace and triple-crested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, long parallel crest ends, bowl decorated with griffin leaping right / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Nike standing facing, head left, wreath in outstretched right hand, stylis cradled in left arm; -= (date) ЧO (Phoenician for Azemilkos) in left field below wing. Price 3277 (Ake). Unusually off-centered obverse, yet retaining nearly all of the details because of the compact style of the die and the generous flan. The reverse nicely centered.

From the Historical Scholar Collection. Ex Künker, Auction 52 (29 September 1999), lot 3110


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August, 2022
25th-28th Thursday-Sunday
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