★ A stater of Alexander I from Babylon ★

KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’, 336-323 BC. Stater (Gold, 18 mm, 8.54 g, 5 h), Babylon I, struck under Seleukos I, circa 311-300. Head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with coiled serpent. Rev. [A]ΛEΞANΔ[ΡOΥ] - BAΣIΛΕΩΣ Nike standing front, head to left, with her wings spread, holding laurel wreath in her right hand and stylis in her left; to lower left, MI; to lower right, monogram within wreath. Price 3748. SC 81.2. Faint scratches and with a small flan fault on the reverse, otherwise, very fine.

From the collection of Fridolin Schwitter (1903-1969), owner of ‘Graphische Kunstanstalt Schwitter AG’ in Basel.