| Heritage World Coin Auctions > NYINC Signature Sale 3113 | Auction date: 8 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 30022 Price realized: 10,500 USD (Approx. 9,572 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Ancients MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AV stater (18mm, 8.55 gm, 12h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5, Fine Style. Posthumous issue of Alexandria, under Ptolemy I Soter, as Satrap, ca. 312-310 BC. Head of Athena right, hair flowing loose below, wearing triple crested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, with long intersecting crest ends, bowl decorated with multiple coiled serpent right / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Nike standing facing, head left, wreath in outstretched right hand, stylis cradled in left arm; EY in left field. Price 3980. Beautiful portrayals struck on a lustrous, amber toned flan. From the Wetmore Collection of Gold and Electrum. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 110 (24 September 2018), lot 71; New York Sale XXX (9 January 2013), lot 106. Of all the the successors of Alexander the Great, Ptolemy more than any other sought to associate himself with the dead conqueror. As Alexander's body was traveling through Syria on its way to Macedon in 321 BC, Ptolemy kidnapped it and brought it to Egypt, where he was then ruling as satrap. A magnificent tomb was set up at Alexandria to house Alexander's remains. The whole operation was a terrific public relations move on Ptolemy's part; he now ruled the richest province of Alexander's empire from a capital that bore his name and housed his remains. After defeating Perdiccas the same year, Ptolemy was the strongest of Alexander's former generals and could have made a bid to control all the conquered territories, but he had the wisdom to be content with wealthy Egypt. He spent the last 25 years of his life building up his kingdom in Egypt, which would go on to become the most prosperous, stable, and long-lasting of the major Hellenistic kingdoms, surviving until the death of his distant descendant Cleopatra VII in 30 BC. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-macedonian-kingdom-alexander-iii-the-great-336-323-bc-av-stater-18mm-855-gm-12h-ngc-choice-au-5-5/a/3113-30022.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3113-01082024 HID02906262019 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved Estimate: 7000-9000 USD |  |
