Ancients
MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AV stater (18mm, 8.56 gm, 4h). NGC MS 5/5 - 4/5. Posthumous issue of Babylon, under Seleucus I Nicator, ca. 311-300 BC. Head of Athena right, hair flowing loose, over left shoulder, and upswept at temple, wearing pendant earring, necklace, and triple-crested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, short parallel crest ends, the bowl decorated with coiled serpent right / AΛEΞANΔPOY / BAΣ-IΛEΩΣ, Nike standing facing, head left, wreath in outstretched right hand, stylis cradled in left arm; head of Silenus looking upward in left field below wing, HYP monogram within wreath in right field below wing. Price 3735. Struck from high relief dies on flashy surfaces.
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Estimate: 10000-15000 USD