ALEXANDER THE GREAT GOLD STATER – DESIRABLE MEMPHIS ISSUE WITH HEAD OF AMUN-RA SYMBOL – XF NGC GRADED GREEK PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM COIN (Inv. 19857)

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19857. MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. ALEXANDER III, THE GREAT, 336–323 BC.
Gold Stater, 8.53 g, 19 mm. Issue of Memphis, ca. 323/2 BC, struck under Ptolemy I.
Obv. Head of Athena with a large Corinthian helmet, a snake ornament below the plume. Rev. ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Nike standing facing looking to left, holding wreath in right hand and stylis over left shoulder, head of Amun–Ra (ram–head with Isis crown) in left field, Δ control monogram at feet.
CPE 3; Price 3963; Svoronos 5.
Ex Gadoury, Monaco 2012, 11/30/2012, lot 1.
NGC graded XF, Strike 5/5, Surface 2/5, “ex jewelry,” rare and desirable, 12 specimens currently listed on CoinArchives and 8 in the Pella database.