Ancients MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC)

Ancients
MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AV stater (17mm, 8.55 gm, 2h). NGC MS 4/5 - 3/5, scuff. Posthumous issue of Babylon, under Seleucus I Nicator, ca. 311-305 BC. Head of Athena right, hair in three thick corkscrew curls, flowing loose over left shoulder and upswept at temple, wearing pendant earring, beaded necklace, and triple crested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, short parallel crest ends, bowl decorated with griffin leaping right / AΛEΞANΔPOY / BAΣIΛEΩΣ, Nike advancing left, wreath in outstretched right hand, stylis cradled in left arm; MI in outer left field, HYP monogram within wreath in left field below wing. Price 3749. Bold, high-relief and finely detailed dies. Expertly centered on slightly mellow flan with lustrous fields.

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Estimate: 5000-7000 USD