| Heritage World Coin Auctions > CSNS Signature Sale 3115 | Auction date: 8 May 2024 |
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| Lot description: Ancients MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AV stater (19mm, 8.56 gm, 9h). NGC Choice MS★ 5/5 - 5/5, Fine Style. Posthumous issue of Babylon, by Antigonos I Monophthalmos, as Strategos of Asia, under Peithon, ca. 315-314 BC. Head of Athena right, hair in three tight corkscrew curls, flowing loose over left shoulder and upswept at temple, wearing pendant earring, beaded necklace, and triple crested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, short parallel crest ends, bowl decorated with griffin leaping right / AΛEΞANΔPOY / BAΣIΛEΩΣ, Nike standing facing, head left, wreath in outstretched right hand, stylis cradled in left arm; HYP monogram within wreath in left field below wing. Price 3700. SC -. Waggoner, Issue VIII, Series 4. Phenomenal pristine example struck from fresh Fine Style dies. Perfectly centered on bright shining flan. Peithon was originally one of Alexander the Great's bodyguards. At a conclave of generals following the conqueror's death, Peithon was appointed Satrap (or governor) of the important province of Media, containing Babylon. During the early Wars of the Diadochi (322-281 BC), Peithon was a major player and could easily have ended up alongside Ptolemy, Seleucus, and Cassander as ruler of a major successor kingdom; however he was betrayed by his erstwhile ally Antigonus Monopthalmus and executed, probably early in 314 BC. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-macedonian-kingdom-alexander-iii-the-great-336-323-bc-av-stater-19mm-856-gm-9h-ngc-choice-ms/a/3115-31015.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3115-05082024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved Estimate: 25000-35000 USD |  |
