MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AV stater (18mm, 8.58 gm, 3h). NGC MS 5/5 - 3/5, Fine Style, edge scuff. Early posthumous issue of Tarsus, ca. 323-319 BC. Head of Athena right, hair in three thick corkscrew curls, loose over left shoulder, and upswept at temple, wearing pendant earring, beaded necklace, and triple-crested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, short divergent crest ends, bowl decorated with coiled serpent right; Θ in left field / AΛEΞANΔPOY / BA-ΣIΛEΩΣ, Nike advancing left, wreath in outstretched right hand, stylis cradled in left arm; kerykeion in outer left field, EΠ monogram above Θ in left field below wing. Price 3045. Excellent centering from fine style dies on bright flan.

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