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MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AV stater (19mm, 8.59 gm, 6h). NGC XF 5/5 - 3/5. Lifetime-early posthumous issue, Amphipolis, ca. 330-320 BC. Head of Athena right, hair in four tight corkscrew curls falling straight along neckline with two more curls over left shoulder, wearing beaded necklace and triple-crested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, short divergent crest ends, bowl decorated with coiled serpent right / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Nike standing facing, head left, wreath in outstretched right hand, stylis cradled in left arm; Boeotian shield in left field. Price 176.