Ancients
MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AV stater (17mm, 8.55 gm, 12h). NGC MS★ 5/5 - 5/5, Fine Style. Posthumous issue of Abydus, 323-317 BC. Head of Athena right, hair neatly tucked with three tight corkscrew curls falling straight along neckline, loose curls flowing across left shoulder, wearing crested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, the bowl decorated with coiled serpent right / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Nike standing facing, head left, wreath upward in right hand, stylis cradled in left; grain ear upward in outer left field; ΠΔ monogram below wing in left field. Price 1519. ADM II series IX, 129. Solidly struck from dies of exquisite style on satiny flan with flashes of luster.
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Estimate: 6000-7000 USD