Rare Distater

312, Lot: 59. Estimate $7500. Sold for $22000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AV Distater (21mm, 17.14 g, 1h). Amphipolis mint. Struck under Antipater, circa 325-323/2 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with coiled serpent / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Nike standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand, cradling stylis in left arm; kantharos in left field. Price 167; Troxell, Studies, Group A, 534. VF, minor repair in field before the face. Rare.