CNG 105, Lot: 71. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AV Stater (17.5mm, 8.56 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Struck under Menes. Dated RY 23 of Azemilkos (327/6 BC). Helmeted head of Athena right, griffin on helmet / Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis; Phoenician A below left wing; below right wing, Phoenician ‘K (for Azemilkos) and = above [|||] (date). Price 3257 (Ake, same obv. die as illustration); Newell, Dated 27 corr. (dies K/α; incorrect date noted); DCA 733. Near EF, underlying luster, slight die shift on reverse.