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1033

Macedonian Kingdom. Phillip II, 359-336 BC. Gold Stater (8.59 g). Mint of Pella, posthumous issue, struck

ca. 323-315 BC.,Apollo facing right. Rev.

Φ

I

Λ

IPPOY in exergue, charioteer driving a galloping biga right,

Boiotian shield below the horses (Le Rider 605 (D234/R440)). Broad flan, light edge marks.

Extremely fine.

$ 2,500

Lustrous Mint state Alexander

III

‘the Great’ Gold Stater

1034

Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III ‘the Great’. Gold Stater (8.39 g), 336-323 BC. Kalchedon, ca. 260-220

BC. Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, the bowl of which is adorned with serpent

coiled to right. Rev.

ALEXANDR

[

OU

], Nike standing facing, head left, holding wreath and stylis; in left field,

KA monogram above NK monogram. (Price 914 (Kallatis); SNG Alpha Bank -). NGC grade MS*; Strike:

5/5, Surface: 4/5.

$ 6,000

This type was attributed to Kallatis in Thrace by Price but since has been reattributed to Kalchedon in Bithynia (see U. Wartenberg

& J. H. Kagan, “Some comments on a new hoard from the Balkan area,”

Travaux Le Rider,

p. 405).