| Heritage World Coin Auctions > NYINC Signature Sale 3113 | Auction date: 8 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 31011 Price realized: 15,500 USD (Approx. 14,130 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, 8.61 gm, 12h). NGC MS 5/5 - 4/5. Lifetime issue of Tarsus, under Balacros or Menes, ca. 332/1-327 BC. Head of Athena right, hair flowing loose and over left shoulder, wearing beaded necklace and triple-crested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, long intersecting crest ends, bowl decorated with coiled serpent right, with star in center of coil / AΛEΞAN-ΔPOY, Nike standing facing, head left, wreath upward in right hand, stylis cradled in left arm; wreath in lower right field below wing. Price 3456A (Sidon). Very rare, only two in Pella (erroneously placed under Price 3456; including sole example cited by Newell), none in Coin Archives or in the ANS Photofile. This coin boasts a monumental and centered strike, while featuring eye-catching radiate flow lines on a lustrous satin flan. Recent scholarship by Le Rider (Alexander the Great: Coinage, Finances, and Policy [Philadelphia, 2007]) has reattributed this issue from Sidon to Tarsus, making this issue not only the first gold coins from Alexander at this mint, but the first issue of Alexander the Great new stater coinage period. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-macedonian-kingdom-alexander-iii-the-great-336-323-bc-av-stater-18mm-861-gm-12h-ngc-ms-5-5-4-5/a/3113-31011.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3113-01082024 HID02906262019 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved Estimate: 20000-30000 USD |  |
