KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AV Distater (21mm, 17.27 g, 11h). Amphipolis mint. Struck under Antipater, circa 325-323/2 BC. NGC Ch AU★, 5/5, 5/5.

CNG Feature Auction 132
Lot: 211. Estimated: $ 50 000

Greek, Coin-in-Hand Video, Gold

Sold For $ 190 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AV Distater (21mm, 17.27 g, 11h). Amphipolis mint. Struck under Antipater, circa 325-323/2 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with a coiled serpent, single-pendant earring, and two necklaces / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Nike, wearing long chiton, standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and cradling stylis in left arm; quiver(?) in left field. Unpublished. Lustrous. In NGC encapsulation 8232455-001, graded Ch AU★, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 5/5. Unique.

Alexander III the Great’s distater was the largest gold coin yet seen in the Greek world, and was tariffed at 40 silver drachms. Although distaters had apparently been struck earlier in Alexander’s reign, the largest output commenced after circa 325 BC, as he was wrapping up his Indian campaign and en route back to Babylon. Most of the distater mintage took place in Macedon proper, at the mints of Amphipolis and Aigai. The club-of-Herakles mintmark seen on this example is hitherto unrecorded for any Alexander distater; indeed it is only rarely seen on staters, and then positioned quite differently. The attribution to Amphipolis is thus conjectural, based on stylistic grounds.

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