ADM and Le Rider Plate Coin
Ex Asia Minor, 1964 Hoard

CNG 100, Lot: 43. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AV Quarter Stater (10mm, 2.13 g, 6h). Sardes mint. Struck under Menander, circa 330/25-324/3 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis; tripod to left. Price 2538; ADM I Series V, 31 = Le Rider p. 272, 35 (this coin, illustrated in both). Good Fine, a couple light mark on reverse. Very rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Pars Coins, September 2000. Ex Auctiones AG 5 (2 December 1975), lot 73; Münzen und Medaillen FPL 247 (September 1964), no. 11; Asia Minor, 1964 Hoard (IGCH 1441).