SNG ANS 254 (this reverse die)
diademed and draped bust facing right
Moneyer Beagstan
Pleasantly toned with some light hairlines in the fields
lion to right within tressure of ten arcs
Macedon, Alexander III, Gold Stater, Babylon SNG ANS 254 (this reverseKingdom of Macedon, Alexander III, The Great (336 323 B. C.), Gold Stater, mint of Babylon, struck 317 311 BC. Head of Athena facing right, wearing a crested Corinthian helmet decorated with a serpent, rev. BAIE AEANPOY, Nike standing left, holding a wreath and a stylis, a monogram within a wreath below left wing, a monogram below right wing, 8. 57g., 8h (Price 3716 var. (sphinx on helmet)). Some lustre, extremely fine.