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MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AV stater (18mm, 8.54 gm, 12h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 5/5, Fine Style. Posthumous issue of Babylon, 315-314 BC. Struck under Peithon, Satrap of Media (323-314 BC.) Head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested Corinthian helmet decorated with coiled serpent / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Nike standing left, holding wreath in outstretched right hand and stylis over left shoulder, monogram below left wing, monogram inside wreath under right wing. Price 3724. Müller 726. Crisply struck from dies of pleasing style, with considerable original luster present.
Peithon was originally one of Alexander the Great's bodyguards. At a conclave of generals following the conqueror's death, Peithon was appointed Satrap (or governor) of the important province of Media, containing Babylon. During the early Wars of the Diadochi (322-281 BC), Peithon was a major player and could easily have ended up alongside Ptolemy, Seleucus and Cassander as ruler of a major successor kingdom; however he was betrayed by his erstwhile ally Antigonus Monopthalmus and executed, probably early in 314 BC.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 5000-6000 USD
MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AV stater (18mm, 8.54 gm, 12h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 5/5, Fine Style. Posthumous issue of Babylon, 315-314 BC. Struck under Peithon, Satrap of Media (323-314 BC.) Head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested Corinthian helmet decorated with coiled serpent / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Nike standing left, holding wreath in outstretched right hand and stylis over left shoulder, monogram below left wing, monogram inside wreath under right wing. Price 3724. Müller 726. Crisply struck from dies of pleasing style, with considerable original luster present.
Peithon was originally one of Alexander the Great's bodyguards. At a conclave of generals following the conqueror's death, Peithon was appointed Satrap (or governor) of the important province of Media, containing Babylon. During the early Wars of the Diadochi (322-281 BC), Peithon was a major player and could easily have ended up alongside Ptolemy, Seleucus and Cassander as ruler of a major successor kingdom; however he was betrayed by his erstwhile ally Antigonus Monopthalmus and executed, probably early in 314 BC.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 5000-6000 USD