Extremely Rare Nike Right

Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 295. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $14000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AV Stater (8.53 g, 1h). Sardes mint. Struck under Antigonos I Monophthalmos, circa 319-315 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / Nike standing right; monogram below right wing, star to right. Price 2644; ADM I series XVI, 358 = W. Wroth, “Greek coins acquired by the British Museum in 1889,” NC 1890, 9 (same dies). EF, underlying luster, a hint of toning around the devices. Extremely rare issue with Nike right, apparently the second known (the other in the BM).