CNG 87, Lot: 347. Estimate $5000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 8.63 g, 6h). Sidon mint. Struck under Menes. Dated RY 7 of Abdalonymos (327/6 BC). Helmeted head of Athena right / Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis; in left field, Aramaic Zayin (date) above filleted palm frond; ΣI below left wing. Price 3482; Newell, Dated 21 (dies -/a [unlisted obv. die]). Superb EF, a few minor deposits on obverse, a little weak at high point on obverse.

From the Tuck Pittman Collection. Ex Münzen und Medaillen GmbH 31 (23 October 2009), lot 25.