Triton XVI, Lot: 285. Estimate $5000. Sold for $3800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Alexander III – Philip III. Circa 325-319 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 8.61 g, 4h). In the name of Alexander III. Amphipolis mint. Struck under Antipater. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with serpent, and necklace / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Nike standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and cradling stylis in left arm; thunderbolt in left field. Price 164; Troxell,
Studies, p. 127 and pl. 25, M–N; SNG Saroglos 96–8. Superb EF, underlying luster, very slight die shift.