330, Lot: 16. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 8.53 g, 12h). Sardes mint. Struck under Menander, circa 330/25-324/3 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with serpent, single-pendant earring, and necklace / Nike standing left, holding wreath in right hand and cradling stylis in left arm; bucranium in left field. Price 2539; ADM I Series VI. VF, underlying luster, light scratch on Athena’s cheek.