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Auction 100 - Part 1  7 October 2015
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Lot 45

Estimate: 3000 USD
Price realized: 7900 USD
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KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great'. 336-323 BC. AV Stater (17.5mm, 8.65 g, 11h). Sidon mint. Struck under Menes. Dated RY 7 of Abdalonymos (327/6 BC). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with coiled serpent, and necklace / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Nike standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and cradling stylis in left arm; palm frond and date (in Phoenician) to left, ΣI below left wing. Price 3482; Newell, Dated 21 (dies –/α [unlisted obv. die]); Rouvier 1171; DCA 867. EF, lustrous, a hint of die rust on obverse. From the earliest issue of dated Sidon staters.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, January 2006.
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