KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 8.59 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Bablyon mint. Struck under Archon, Dokimos, or Seleukos I, circa 323-318/7 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with coiled serpent, and pearl necklace / B-AΣIΛEΩ[Σ] ΦIΛIΠΠO[Y], Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis; ΛY below left wing, M below right wing. Price P178; Waggoner 142d–145c; SNG Ashmolean 3221 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen 1069; SNG Fitzwilliam 2254; Bement 773; Dewing 1190–1. Struck from worn obverse die, edge knock and marks from prior bezel. EF.
From the San Vicente Collection. Ex Olga H. Knopke Collection (Glendining's, 10 December 1986), lot 162.