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ANA Signature Sale 3033 8 August 2014
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MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AV stater (18mm, 8.50 gm, 12h). Posthumous issue of Babylon, 315-314 BC. Struck under Peithon, Satrap of Media (323-314 BC.) Head of Athena right, wearing triple crested Corinthian helmet decorated with coiled serpent / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Nike standing left, holding wreath in outstretched right hand and stylis over left shoulder, monogram below left wing, monogram inside wreath under right wing. Price 3724. Müller 726. A lovely piece, well centered, possessing full legends, and lustrous. NGC Choice MS 5/5 - 5/5, Fine Style. Peithon was originally one of Alexander the Great's bodyguards. At a conclave of generals following the conqueror's death, Peithon was appointed Satrap (or governor) of the important province of Media, containing Babylon. During the early Wars of the Diadochi (322-281 BC), Peithon was a major player and could easily have ended up alongside Ptolemy, Seleucus and Cassander as ruler of a major successor kingdom; however he was betrayed by his erstwhile ally Antigonus Monopthalmus and executed, probably early in 314 BC.
Estimate: 12000-15000 USD
MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AV stater (18mm, 8.50 gm, 12h). Posthumous issue of Babylon, 315-314 BC. Struck under Peithon, Satrap of Media (323-314 BC.) Head of Athena right, wearing triple crested Corinthian helmet decorated with coiled serpent / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Nike standing left, holding wreath in outstretched right hand and stylis over left shoulder, monogram below left wing, monogram inside wreath under right wing. Price 3724. Müller 726. A lovely piece, well centered, possessing full legends, and lustrous. NGC Choice MS 5/5 - 5/5, Fine Style. Peithon was originally one of Alexander the Great's bodyguards. At a conclave of generals following the conqueror's death, Peithon was appointed Satrap (or governor) of the important province of Media, containing Babylon. During the early Wars of the Diadochi (322-281 BC), Peithon was a major player and could easily have ended up alongside Ptolemy, Seleucus and Cassander as ruler of a major successor kingdom; however he was betrayed by his erstwhile ally Antigonus Monopthalmus and executed, probably early in 314 BC.
Estimate: 12000-15000 USD