ALEXANDER THE GREAT GOLD STATER – RARE FIRST ISSUE OF MAGNESIA ON THE MAEANDRUM – XF NGC GRADED GREEK MACEDONIAN COIN (Inv. 19788)

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19788. MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. ALEXANDER III, THE GREAT, 336–323 BC.
Gold Stater, 8.55 g, 19 mm. Lifetime issue of Magnesia on the Maeander, ca. 325–323 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 over left shoulder, ram’s head right in left field.
Price 1917 (citing the British Museum specimen, also the single specimen referenced in the Pella database).
NGC graded XF, Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5, the first issue of Magnesia on the Maeandrum as defined by Price, very rare with only 7 others listed on CoinArchives.