Extremely Rare Issue

CNG 96, Lot: 50. Estimate $2500. Sold for $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Alexander III – Philip III. Circa 325-319 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 8.58 g, 10h). In the name of Alexander III. Amphipolis mint. Struck under Antipater. Helmeted head of Athena right / Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis; ΣI in left field, ΛO monogram below left wing. Price PO(1), 15 (“not seen”) = A. Prokesch von Osten, “Liste des Alexandres de ma collection qui ne se trouvent pas dans le catalogue de Mr. L. Müller” in NZ 1 (1869), 15; CNG 82, lot 433 var. (same obv. die; trident in left field [Price 179]); Nomos 5, lot 136 var. (same obv. die; same). EF, lustrous, a few marks on obverse, a couple edge nicks on reverse. Extremely rare, only the A. Prokesch von Osten piece published, which Price could not locate.