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Auction X 13 January 2013
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Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III The Great. 336-323 BC. Stater, 8.52g. (12h). Asia Minor, uncertain mint, c. 320 BC. Obv: Head of Athena right wearing pearl necklace and crested Corinthian helmet ornamented with serpent. Rx: AΛEΞANΔPOY Nike advancing left holding wreath and ship's mast, lion's head and hook in left field, pentagram in right field below Nike's wing. Not in Price. EF.
This is another unknown variant to supplement the large gold coinage of Alexander the Great and his immediate successor Philip III. Both the lion's head and the pentagram can be found on issues from Abydus and Magnesia in Asia Minor, but this coin does not fit the coinage of either of those mints. The style is clearly reminiscent of early posthumous issues from Asia Minor, however.
This is another unknown variant to supplement the large gold coinage of Alexander the Great and his immediate successor Philip III. Both the lion's head and the pentagram can be found on issues from Abydus and Magnesia in Asia Minor, but this coin does not fit the coinage of either of those mints. The style is clearly reminiscent of early posthumous issues from Asia Minor, however.