Ancients
MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AV stater (19mm, 8.59 gm, 1h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 5/5, Fine Style. Ptolemaic posthumous issue of Memphis, under Ptolemy I Soter, as Satrap, ca. 323-311 BC. Head of Athena right, hair flowing loose below, over left shoulder, and upswept at temple, wearing pendant earring, necklace, and crested Corinthian helmet with parallel crest ties 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; no field marks or symbols. Price 3961. Struck from dies of fine style on lustrous flan.
Ex Roma Numismatics, Auction 6 (29 September 2013), lot 677
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Estimate: 4000-5000 USD