ALEXANDER THE GREAT GOLD STATER – POSTHUMOUS ISSUE OF SARDES – MINT STATE GREEK KINGDOM OF MACEDON COIN (Inv. 21273)

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21273. KINGDOM OF MACEDON. ALEXANDER III, THE GREAT, 336–323 BC.
Gold Stater, 8.59 g, 17 mm. EARLY POSTHUMOUS ISSUE of Sardes, ca. 323–319 BC.
Obv. Head of Athena right, wearing large Corinthian helmet with coiled snake ornament below the plume. Rev. AΛEΞANΔPOY, Nike standing, her hair gathered in a topknot, looking left, holding wreath in right hand and stylis, monogram in left field, acrostolion below left wing.
Price 2592.
NGC MINT STATE, Strike 4/5, Surface 4/5, “flan flaw,” exceptional coin with a full–head Nike and tremendous detail, the extremely minor imperfection cited by NGC does not affect the design. Seldom–seen type with 11 specimens in market records and four in the Pella database (public collections).