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NYINC Signature Sale 3044 3-4 January 2016
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MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-353 BC). AV stater (19mm, 8.61 gm, 12h). Posthumous issue of 'Amphipolis' under Cassander, ca. 310-300 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, the bowl decorated with coiled serpent, hair in corkscrew curls / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Nike standing right, holding wreath in extended right hand and cradling stylis in left arm, trident head in left field, monogram in form of ax below left wing. Price 180. A magnificent, nearly medallic stater, perfectly centered on a broad, round flan and displaying lustrous fields that set off the devices beautifully. NGC Choice MS★ 5/5 - 5/5. Ex Triton XIII (New York, 5 January 2010), lot 111.
Estimate: 8000-10000 USD
MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-353 BC). AV stater (19mm, 8.61 gm, 12h). Posthumous issue of 'Amphipolis' under Cassander, ca. 310-300 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, the bowl decorated with coiled serpent, hair in corkscrew curls / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Nike standing right, holding wreath in extended right hand and cradling stylis in left arm, trident head in left field, monogram in form of ax below left wing. Price 180. A magnificent, nearly medallic stater, perfectly centered on a broad, round flan and displaying lustrous fields that set off the devices beautifully. NGC Choice MS★ 5/5 - 5/5. Ex Triton XIII (New York, 5 January 2010), lot 111.
Estimate: 8000-10000 USD