KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander I. 498-454 BC. AR Stater (24.5mm, 13.15 g, 11h). Light Milesian standard. Aigai mint. Struck circa 480/79–477/6 BC. Horseman, wearing petasos and holding two spears in right hand, riding horse right / Head of warrior, wearing crested Chalkidian helmet, right in dotted square within incuse square. Raymond Group I, 8–12 (unlisted dies); AMNG III/2, ; HGC 3, 763; SNG ANS 11; SNG Copenhagen 484; de Luynes 1577; McClean 3273; Rhousopoulos 1040–2; Weber 2010. Toned, light scratches, shallow cut on obverse, a few tiny nicks on reverse. Near VF. Very rare.
From the Collection of a Northern California Gentleman, purchased from Frank Kovacs, April 2000.