ALEXANDER THE GREAT GOLD STATER – SUSA MINT VARIETY UNLISTED IN PRICE – NGC AU GREEK MACEDONIAN COIN (INV. 21566)

$8,750.00

21566. MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. ALEXANDER III, THE GREAT, 336–323 BC.
Gold Stater, 8.50 g, 18 mm. EARLY POSTHUMOUS issue of Susa, ca. 322–320 BC.
Obv. Head of Athena right, wearing large Corinthian helmet with coiled snake ornament below the plume. Rev. [Β]ΑΣΙΛΕ[ΩΣ] ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟ (sic!), Nike standing, looking left, holding wreath and stylis, ΛA below left wing.
Unlisted in Price, but cf. Price P207, in the name of Philip III and sharing the same controls. Cf. British Museum 1872,0713.53, a specimen of P207 where the obverse die is very similar to that used for the above coin and likely the work of the same engraver.
NGC AU, Strike 4/5, Surface 3/5, “marks,” “unlisted in M. Price” noted on label, a rare variety with only three other market specimens on record over the last 25 years.