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LOT 1532

Sold for (Inc. bp): £6,050

ANCIENT GREEK COINS - MACEDONIA - ALEXANDER III - ATHENA GOLD STATER
311-300 BC
(8.56 grams.).

Struck under Seleukos I Nikator, Babylon mint. Obv: head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with a serpent on the bowl. Rev: BASILEWS ALEXANDROY legend to left and right of Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis; MTR monogram in wreath in left field, HR monogram in right field. Good extremely fine; almost as struck.

LITERATURE:
Hoover HGC 3a; Price 3717 variant ("griffin on helmet"); SC 81.9 corr. variant (ditto).