31022: MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336
MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AV stater (18mm, 8.50 gm, 11h). NGC AU 5/5 - 4/5. Posthumous issue of Colophon, ca. 319-310 BC. Head of Athena right, hair falling loose below and over left shoulder, wearing necklace and triple-crested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, short curled crest ends, the bowl decorated with coiled serpent right / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Nike advancing left, wreath in outstretched right hand, stylis cradled in left arm; ΠA monogram above IΩ monogram in left field. Price -, cf. 1785 (ΠAP monogram above). Extremely rare - only one example in sales archives (Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 92 Part 1, 23 May 2016, lot 158, realized 6500 CHF). Ex Heritage Auctions, 3076 Long Beach (5 September 2019), lot 30044; Glenn Woods, private sale HID03101062020 © 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
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MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AV stater (18mm, 8.50 gm, 11h). NGC AU 5/5 - 4/5. Posthumous issue of Colophon, ca. 319-310 BC. Head of Athena right, hair falling loose below and over left shoulder, wearing necklace and triple-crested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, short curled crest ends, the bowl decorated with coiled serpent right / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Nike advancing left, wreath in outstretched right hand, stylis cradled in left arm; ΠA monogram above IΩ monogram in left field. Price -, cf. 1785 (ΠAP monogram above). Extremely rare - only one example in sales archives (Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 92 Part 1, 23 May 2016, lot 158, realized 6500 CHF). Ex Heritage Auctions, 3076 Long Beach (5 September 2019), lot 30044; Glenn Woods, private sale HID03101062020 © 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
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