KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great', 336-323 BC. Stater (Gold, 18 mm, 8.63 g, 12 h), Babylon, struck under Peithon, circa 315-311. Head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with a coiled serpent. Rev. BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ - AΛEΞANΔΡOΥ Nike standing front, head to left, with her wings spread, holding laurel wreath in her right hand and stylis in her left; to left, monogram of XA; to right, monogram within wreath. Price 3724. A beautiful piece, perfectly centered and of fine style. Extremely fine.
From a German collection, formed in the late 1990s and early 2000s.