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Long Beach Signature Sale 3049 8-9 Sep 2016
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MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AV stater (19mm, 8.59 gm, 2h). Posthumous issue under Seleucus I Nicator, Babylon, 311-300 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right; helmet decorated with coiled serpent / BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY, Nike standing left, holding wreath and cradling stylis, H below wreath, monogram within wreath below right wing. Price 3749 variant (serpent instead of sphinx or griffin on helmet). HGC 9, 3a. Planchet flaw on cheek, likely due to overstrike on earlier coin. NGC AU 4/5 - 5/5, Fine Style, overstruck.
Estimate: 2000-2600 USD
MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AV stater (19mm, 8.59 gm, 2h). Posthumous issue under Seleucus I Nicator, Babylon, 311-300 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right; helmet decorated with coiled serpent / BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY, Nike standing left, holding wreath and cradling stylis, H below wreath, monogram within wreath below right wing. Price 3749 variant (serpent instead of sphinx or griffin on helmet). HGC 9, 3a. Planchet flaw on cheek, likely due to overstrike on earlier coin. NGC AU 4/5 - 5/5, Fine Style, overstruck.
Estimate: 2000-2600 USD