^Lot 1535 ANCIENT GREEK, Kings of Macedon, Sardes mint, AV stater, Philip III Arrhidaios, in the name and type

ANCIENT GREEK, Kings of Macedon, Sardes mint, AV stater, Philip III Arrhidaios, in the name and type of Alexander III ("the Great"), 323-317 BC, struck under Menander or Kleitos, ca. 322-319/8 BC, NGC MS, strike 4/5, surface 5/5, ex-Lexington. Price P108. 8.58 grams. Head of Athena right, hair flowing loosely below, wearing pendant earring, necklace, and triple-crested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, long intersecting crest ends, bowl decorated with coiled serpent right / Nike standing facing, head left, wreath in outstretched right hand, stylis cradled in left arm; AΘ monogram above torch in left field; ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟY right. Exceptional strike, beautifully centered obverse, slightly off-center reverse, exceptional grade, with important pedigree. Pedigreed to the Lexington Collection of Jonathan K. Kern (Heritage auction of January 2015, lot 29966), the Kuenker auction of June 2007 (lot 7), and the CNG auction of March 1998 (lot 223).
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