Ancients
MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AV quarter-stater (12mm, 2.10 gm, 4h). NGC VF 5/5 - 3/5. Late lifetime-early posthumous issue of Amphipolis, ca. 325-319 BC. Head of Athena right, hair in three tight corkscrew curls, two more curls over left shoulder, wearing necklace and triple-crested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, short divergent crest ends, the bowl decorated with coiled serpent right / AΛEΞAN/ΔPOY, horizontal bow and club left, horizontal thunderbolt above. cf. Price 165 (ethnic in opposite positions). Satiny flan with areas of luster.
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Estimate: 1600-2400 USD