ALEXANDER THE GREAT GOLD STATER – IMITATIVE ISSUE WITH GARBLED LEGEND EX SKA 1986 SALE – CHOICE XF NGC GRADED GREEK CELTIC EUROPE COIN (Inv. 20317)

$4,500.00

20317. CELTIC EUROPE. Ca. 4th–3rd CENTURIES BC.
Gold Stater of Alexander type, 8.55 g, 19 mm. Imitative issue based on an Alexander emission of Amphipolis.
Obv. Head of Athena right, wearing a large Corinthian helmet with snake ornament below the plume. Rev. AΛEΞANΔNΛ (garbled legend), Nike standing, looking left, holding wreath in right hand and stylis over left shoulder, downward oriented trident in left field, star below right wing.
For the general type see Kostial, no. 28; cf. Price 178 for prototype used.
Ex Schweizerische Kreditanstalt (Bern) 5, 4/18/1986, lot 18 (with SKA Monetarium tag with handwritten notation of the sale but noting wrong month).
NGC graded CHOICE XF, Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5, a particularly faithful Celtic copy of an Amphipolis issue in a bold and attractive style, but with garbled legend.