Ancients
MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AV stater (18mm, 8.58 gm, 9h). NGC MS★ 5/5 - 5/5. Lifetime issue of Lampsacus, ca. 328/5-323 BC. Head of Athena right, hair flowing loosely and across left shoulder, wearing pendant earring, necklace and triple-crested Corinthian helmet with long divergent crest ends pushed back on head, the bowl decorated with coiled serpent right / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Nike standing facing, head left, wreath in outstretched right hand, stylis cradled in left arm; conjoined foreparts of two horses in outer left field, ΔIO monogram in left field below wing. Price 1358. Perfectly struck from high relief dies, blazing luster in the protected areas on the reverse.
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Estimate: 6000-8000 USD