Ancients
MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AV stater (18mm, 8.62 gm, 11h). NGC MS 5/5 - 4/5, light marks. Lifetime issue of Cyprus, Salamis, ca. 332-323 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right, hair in four tight corkscrew curls and loose over left shoulder, wearing necklace and triple-crested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, long divergent crest ends, bowl decorated with coiled serpent right / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Nike standing facing, head left, wreath in outstretched right hand, stylis cradled in left arm; spear head upward in left field. Price 3137. Exquisitely sharp designs on matte fields backlit with ocassional flashes of warm honey luster.
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Estimate: 7500-10000 USD