Description
Pella, circa 286-282 BC. AU stater, 8.53 gr., 18 mm.
Obv: diademed head of the deified Alexander, with horns of Ammon, to the right.
Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAXOY; Athena Nikephoros seated to the left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; monogram to inner left, C-like symbol on throne, in exergue: K.
Ref: Thompson 241; Müller –; SNG Lockett 1247 var. (letter on throne); Jameson 2464 var. (same); Naville IV, lot 521 (same dies); Triton XVIII, lot 426 (same dies).
Light marks. Nearly Extremely Fine.
Ex Regierungsrat Dr. iur. Hans Krähenbühl Collection, purchased from Bank Leu, 15 May 1973; Hess-Leu 45 (12 May 1970), lot 110; Hess-Leu 28 (5 May 1965), lot 132; Collection of a Foreign Amateur (Glendining, 13 December 1963), lot 242; Ars Classica XIII (27 June 1928), lot 1261.
