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Nomos 37

Zurich, 16 November 2025, 14:00 CET

Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Limmatquai 54, 8001 Zurich

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Superb Alexander III stater!

Estimate: 7500 CHF
Hammer Price:  8500 CHF
Lot 90

KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great', 336-323 BC. Stater (Gold, 19 mm, 8.58 g, 1 h), struck under Seleukos I, Babylon, circa 311-300. Head of Athena to right, wearing triple-crested Corinthian helmet adorned with a coiled snake on the bowl, pendant earring and pearl necklace. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Nike standing left with her wings spread, holding laurel wreath in her right hand and stylis in her left; to left, ΜΙ; to right below wing, monogram of ΜΥΡ within wreath. Price 3748. A superb, lustrous piece, beautifully struck and well-centered. Good extremely fine.

From a collection in the Antipodes, Nomos 24, 22 May 2022, 68, ex Nomos 5, 25 October 2011, 141.

This piece was struck under the auspices of Selelukos I. The quality of the die cutting at Babylon is surprisingly fine: the gold staters struck there and at Memphis in Egypt are among the stylistically finest of all those struck in the name of Alexander.

Online bidding closes: 16 Nov 2025, 09:00:00 CET Current Date & Time: 4 Jun 2026, 01:41:34 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:8500 CHF
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