414, Lot: 41. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2200. 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 (18mm, 8.57 g, 10h). Amphipolis or Pella mint. Struck under Antipater, circa 328/5-323 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with serpent, and necklace / Nike standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and cradling stylis in left arm; in left field, trident head downward. Price 172b–d; Troxell,
Studies, Series 2, 498 (dies 09/T9). VF, many marks, light scrape on reverse.