Heritage World Coin Auctions > NYINC Signature Sale 3113 | Auction date: 8 January 2024 |
Lot number: 30023 Price realized: 7,250 USD (Approx. 6,609 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 quarter-stater (11mm, 2.15 gm, 4h). NGC MS★ 5/5 - 4/5. Amphipolis, ca. 330-320 BC. Head of Athena right, hair in three tight corkscrew curls, two more curls over left shoulder, wearing necklace, and triple-crested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, bowl decorated with coiled serpent right / AΛEΞAN/ΔP-OY, bow facing upwards; club left below, cantharus above. Price 169b (same dies). Beautiful, bright, and glittering specimen. From the Wetmore Collection of Gold and Electrum. Ex Gorny & Mosch, Auction 253 (5 March 2018), lot 121. Tied for finest certified with six total examples in Mint State with a star. The only previous star Mint State example we sold was in 2022, realizing $14,400. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-macedonian-kingdom-alexander-iii-the-great-336-323-bc-av-quarter-stater-11mm-215-gm-4h-ngc-msand-9733-/a/3113-30023.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3113-01082024 HID02906262019 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved Estimate: 4000-6000 USD |