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CCE Signature Sale 3064 20-21 Apr 2018
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MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AV stater (19mm, 8.44 gm, 11h). NGC AU 5/5 - 2/5, ex jewelry. Posthumous issue of Bithynia, Calchedon, ca. 260-220 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with serpent / AΛΕΞΑΝΔPOY, Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis; KA monogram in left field, TΣ monogram below left wing. Cf. Price 910 (Callatis). Well struck, with satiny fields. Edge marks indicating jewelry wear. NOTE: NGC Identifies as a coin of Moesia, Callatis, ca. 260-220 BC.
This gold stater, with types identical to those of the great conqueror, was issued nearly a century after his death by a city on the Black Sea, either Calchedon in Bithynia or Callatis in Thrace. Recent research and analysis of find spots suggests Calchedon as the mint city, while the traditional attribution employed by Martin Price has been Callatis.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 2500-3500 USD
MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AV stater (19mm, 8.44 gm, 11h). NGC AU 5/5 - 2/5, ex jewelry. Posthumous issue of Bithynia, Calchedon, ca. 260-220 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with serpent / AΛΕΞΑΝΔPOY, Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis; KA monogram in left field, TΣ monogram below left wing. Cf. Price 910 (Callatis). Well struck, with satiny fields. Edge marks indicating jewelry wear. NOTE: NGC Identifies as a coin of Moesia, Callatis, ca. 260-220 BC.
This gold stater, with types identical to those of the great conqueror, was issued nearly a century after his death by a city on the Black Sea, either Calchedon in Bithynia or Callatis in Thrace. Recent research and analysis of find spots suggests Calchedon as the mint city, while the traditional attribution employed by Martin Price has been Callatis.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 2500-3500 USD