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KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AV Distater (20.5mm, 17.16 g, 8h). Amphipolis mint. Struck under Antipater, circa 325-323/2 BC. Near VF.Triton XXIX Greek, Coin-in-Hand Video, Gold Sold For $ 20 000. 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 (20.5mm, 17.16 g, 8h). 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; vertical thunderbolt in left field, ΛO monogram below left wing. Price 191; Troxell, Studies, Group B, 539; Noe, Sicyon, 7.1–17 var. (unlisted dies); Westmoreland 7 (this coin). Trace deposits, minor marks, hairline and small bump on obverse, minor edge marks. Near VF. |
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