KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AV Stater (19mm, 8.52 g, 5h). Lampsakos mint. Struck under Kalas or Demarchos, circa 328/5-323 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with coiled serpent, single-pendant earring, and necklace / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Nike, wearing long chiton, standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and cradling stylis in left arm; conjoined horse foreparts in left field, monogram below left wing. Price 1358; ADM II Series V, 103a–c (same obv. die); SNG Saroglos 121. A few light marks and scratches, a little die rust on obverse, minor die shift on reverse. Good VF.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 330 (9 July 2014), lot 15.
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