Moesia, Istros AV Stater. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Circa 250-225 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with serpent / Nike standing to left, holding wreath and stylis; ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ to right, IΣ monogram in lower left field, monogram to right. SNG Stancomb 186 (this coin, ex Anadol Hoard?); Price 965; HGC 3.2, 1797. 8.48g, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine; lustrous. Very Rare.
From the William Stancomb Collection; this coin published in Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume XI, The William Stancomb Collection of Coins of the Black Sea Region (Oxford, 2000);
Ex Christie's London, 20 June 1978, lot 49.