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Session Six - Tuesday, June 3, 2014 approx. 1:00 PM
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Enlargement
3265
Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III the Great. Gold Stater (8.62 g), 336-323 BC.
Salamis, or uncertain mint in western Asia Minor,
lifetime issue, ca. 330/25-323 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with coiled serpent.
Reverse:
A
E
AN
POY,
Nike standing facing, head left, holding wreath and stylis; in left field, harpa. Price 3136; Troxell grp. I, 7 (dies 3/a). Well struck, perfectly cen-
tered and of elegant style.
Superb Extremely Fine
.
Estimated Value ............................................................................................................................................................... $5,000 - 6,000
Ex Roma IV, lot 861
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3266
Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III the Great. Gold
Stater (8.5 g), 336-323 BC.
Teos, ca. 310-ca. 301 BC. Head
of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with
coiled serpent.
Reverse:
A
E
AN
POY, Nike standing facing,
head left, holding wreath and stylis; in left field, griffin seated
left above monogram. Price -; Hersh -; Arena 16, pl. 13, 30.
Choice Very Fine
.
Price notes a drachm with the same controls, but was not aware
of any staters. Likewise it is missing from Hersh's addendum to
Price, but Arena includes it in her paper on the British Museum
acquisitions (see V. Arena. "New Acquisitions at the British
Museum: additions to Price, Alexander, and the 1870 Larnaca
Hoard”
NC
2003, pp. 49-57).
Estimated Value ..............................................$3,000 - 3,500
Ex Buddy Ebsen Collection, June 7-10, 1987, lot 4048
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