Ancients: MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AV stater (19mm, 8.59 gm, 11h). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 3/5....

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MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AV stater (19mm, 8.59 gm, 11h). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 3/5. Lifetime issue, Tarsus, ca. 325-324 BC. Head of Athena right, hair in five tight corkscrew curls falling straight along neckline with two more curls over left shoulder, wearing beaded necklace and triple-crested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, short divergent crest ends, bowl decorated with coiled serpent right / AΛEΞAN-ΔPOY, Nike standing facing, head left, wreath upright in outstretched right hand, stylis cradled in left arm; wreath in right field below wing. Price 3456. A charming example with strong strike and radiating flowlines.

Ex Leu Numismatik, Auction 10 (24 October 2021), lot 2062; Leu Numismatik, Auction 7 (24 October 2020), lot 1176; Leu Numismatik, Auction 5 (27 October 2019), lot 67.

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