Ancients
MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AV stater (17mm, 8.53 gm, 6h). NGC AU★ 5/5 - 5/5, Fine Style. Posthumous issue of Babylon, under Seleucus I Nicator, ca. 311-305 BC. Head of Athena right, hair flowing loose and upswept at temple, wearing pendant earring, necklace, and triple-crested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, long parallel crest ends, bowl decorated with coiled serpent right / AΛEΞANΔPOY / BAΣ-IΛEΩΣ, Nike standing facing, head left, wreath in outstretched right hand, stylis cradled in left arm; HYP monogram within wreath in left field below wing, MI in right field below wing. Price 3745. Endearing portrait style with strong dimensionality on well toned flan. Handsome, Fine Style dies.
Ex Roma Numismatics, Auction 7 (22 March 2014), lot 816
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Estimate: 6000-8000 USD