Very Rare Side Mint Issue

Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 1110. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AV Stater (8.57 g, 3h). Side mint. Struck circa 325-320 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis; below left wing, ΦI above ΣB. Price 2957; SNG München -; SNG Alpha Bank -; SNG Saroglos -. EF, struck on a compact flan. Very rare.