Lot no. 40
ANCIENT GREECE - GREEK
Macedonia (kingdom of), Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). Gold statère ND (334-323 BC), Sardis.
Head of Athena right, wearing a Corinthian helmet with aigrette decorated with a snake, her hair falling in wisps on the nape of her neck.
Rv. AΛEΞANΔPOY. Niké draped, standing left, holding stylis and crown; before her the different.
Price 2539 - Le Rider 37; Gold - 8.60 g - 17.5 mm - 12 h
With an accompanying letter from I. Varouckx-Christodoalopoulos of 14 May 1963, Director of the Numismatic Museum, on paper from the ΕΘΝΙΚΟΝ ΝΟΜΙΣΜΑΤΙΚΟΝ ΜΟΥΣΕΙΟΝ of Athens.
NGC XF 5/5 2/5 scratches brushed. Scuffs (8524352-001).
With a bucranium as different. Test mark on scroll at 9 o'clock on reverse. Fine scratch on the bucrane and some graffiti on the right. Light golden patina. Superb condition.
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