Ancients
MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AV stater (18mm, 8.51 gm, 7h). NGC AU 4/5 - 4/5. Posthumous issue of Babylon, under Seleucus I Nicator, ca. 311-305 BC. Head of Athena right, hair in three thick corkscrew curls, upswept at temple, and flowing loose over left shoulder, wearing pendant earring, necklace, and triple-crested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, short parallel crest ends, the bowl decorated with griffin leaping right / AΛEΞANΔPOY / BAΣIΛEΩΣ, Nike advancing left, wreath in outstretched right hand, stylis cradled in left arm; MI in outer left field, HYP monogram within wreath in left field below wing. Price 3749. Struck from attractive style dies on mellow flan.
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Estimate: 4000-6000 USD