ALEXANDER III THE GREAT GOLD STATER – EARLY POSTHUMOUS ISSUE OF SARDES – MINT STATE NGC GRADED GREEK COIN (Inv. 20218)

$12,500.00

20218. KINGDOM OF MACEDON. ALEXANDER III, THE GREAT, 336–323 BC.
Gold Stater, 8.57 g, 19 mm. Early posthumous issue of Sardes, ca. 322–319 BC.
Obv. Head of Athena right, wearing large Corinthian helmet with snake ornament below the plume. Rev. AΛEΞANΔPOY, Nike standing, looking left, holding wreath in right hand and stylis over left shoulder, torch below left wing, ΛΘ control monogram below right wing.
Price 2633.
Ex Gorny & Mosch 269, 3/9/2020, lot 257 = ex Dr. G.W. collection, Lanz 60, 6/11/1992, lot 121.
NGC graded as MINT STATE, Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5, “brushed,” Lanz provenance noted on label, high relief strike, with an exceptional full–head Nike.