Watch List notes:

MOESIA, Istros. Circa 260-253/40 BC. AV Stater (18.5mm, 8.47 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Helmeted head of Athena right / Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis; below left wing, IΣ within wreath. Vîlcu & Petac Group 3, 10 (O4/R7); Price 968; HGC 3, 1797; Anadol 484–93; ANS inv. 1944.100.38434 (same dies); BM no. 1927,0504.10 (same dies); Hermitage Sale II 680 (same dies). Underlying luster, a couple of light scratches in fields. Good VF. Very rare, only the coins listed above are published (with the museum pieces likely from the Anadol hoard), none in CoinArchives.


Vîlcu & Petac associate the rare Alexander type staters struck at Istros with the participation of the city as a Seleucid ally in the Second Syrian War.