1321. KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Alexander III – Philip III. Circa 325-319 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 8.58 g, 10h). In the name of Alexander III. Amphipolis mint. Struck under Antipater. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with serpent and necklace / ŬE$Å@dro[U], Nike standing left, holding wreath in extending right hand, cradling stylis in left arm; in left field, trident head downward; “ below left wing. Price 179. EF, lustrous, faint scratches and a little die wear on obverse. Well centered. ($5000)
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1322. KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Alexander III – Philip III. Circa 330/25-320 BC. AV Stater (18.5mm, 8.58 g, 12h). In the name of Alexander III. Uncertain mint in western Asia Minor. Helmeted head of Athena right / Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis; in left field, spearhead upward. Price 3137 (same dies as illustration); Troxell, New, Group I, 3 (dies 3/B). Near EF, lustrous. ($2500) 1323. KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Alexander III – Seleukos I. Circa 324/3-300 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 8.55 g, 4h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Uncertain mint in the East. Head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested Corinthian helmet adorned with a serpent, single pendant earring, and necklace / ∫Ås5¬[EWs] ŬE$Å@droU, Nike standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand, cradling stylis in left arm; below right wing; eagle standing right, head left, on thunderbolt. Unpublished. VF, flan flaw and bump on obverse, scrape and a couple light marks on reverse. Extremely rare. ($2500) The appearance of the royal title and the general style place this issue in the East, probably after Alexander’s death. The eagle is directly reminiscent of the early “eagle coinage” of Alexander, but these issues likely ended well before the royal title was added to the coins, and were only produced at a mint in Macedon and probably Miletos. The eagle is a common symbol on staters of western Asia Minor (previously Salamis), but on those issues, the eagle is not looking back, nor is it standing on a thunderbolt. The symbol may have a Ptolemaic connection, as a similar eagle-on-thunderbolt is common on the satrapal tetradrachms of Ptolemy I. At the same time, this stater is probably not an issue of Memphis or Alexandreia, whose abundant Alexander-type staters were never inscribed with the royal title. Thus, if it is Ptolemaic, it must be an issue from one of their possessions in southern Asia Minor or the Levant.
1324. KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.24 g, 6h). In the name of Alexander III. Amphipolis mint. Struck under Antipater, circa 320-319 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; ∑ in left field. Price 121; Troxell, Studies, Issue I3. EF, toned, a little die wear on obverse. Well centered. ($1000) From the Friend of a Scholar Collection. Ex Olga H. Knopke Collection (Glendining’s, with Baldwin’s, 10 December 1986), lot 160.
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