Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XXIII 24-25 Mar 2022
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Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III 'the Great' AV Stater. Sidon, dated CY 11 = 323/2 BC. Head of Athena to right, wearing triple-crested Corinthian helmet decorated with coiled serpent / Nike standing to left, holding wreath and stylis; K (date) to left, ΣI below left wing. Price 3494 (CY 10); Newell 33; DCA 874. 8.55g, 18mm, 1h.
NGC graded Ch XF 5/5 - 4/5 (#6158067-009). Rare.
From the GK Collection;
Ex Sincona AG, Auction 41, 23 October 2017, lot 42.
In Dated Coins of Antiquity, Cohen reassigns the dating of this issue to 323/2 BC on the basis that the Sidonians, having switched to the Greek alphabetic numbering system, confused the eleventh Phoenician letter Kof for the tenth Greek letter K. The last Sidonian coin using the Phoenician alphabetic dating system bears a Yud for year 10 suggesting that the Greek alphabetic system was adopted thereafter in year 11. As there are no known examples bearing the eleventh Greek letter Λ and the sequence continues with the twelfth letter M, the numismatic evidence seems to support Cohen's reattribution.
NGC graded Ch XF 5/5 - 4/5 (#6158067-009). Rare.
From the GK Collection;
Ex Sincona AG, Auction 41, 23 October 2017, lot 42.
In Dated Coins of Antiquity, Cohen reassigns the dating of this issue to 323/2 BC on the basis that the Sidonians, having switched to the Greek alphabetic numbering system, confused the eleventh Phoenician letter Kof for the tenth Greek letter K. The last Sidonian coin using the Phoenician alphabetic dating system bears a Yud for year 10 suggesting that the Greek alphabetic system was adopted thereafter in year 11. As there are no known examples bearing the eleventh Greek letter Λ and the sequence continues with the twelfth letter M, the numismatic evidence seems to support Cohen's reattribution.