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- ID: 249
Submitter: Jean-Luc
Added: 1998-01-21
MACEDONIA.
Alexander III the Great, 336-323 B.C.
AV-Stater.
Av.: Head of Athena of Alexander III to r., wearing Corinthian helmet.
Rv.: Nike standing to l. with wreath and staff, to l., thunderbolt.
8,55 g.
Ref.: Price 164.
BoC: 19/1, 1994, p. 23.
FAKE – A charming addition to Price´s collection of modern imitations, clearly a copy of his no. 164. The extremely severe-looking Nike with a masculine haircut holds a staff in the place of the stylis.