Looking at kc's post of a
star coin in
his collection,
his magnificent
Tiberius aureus, inspired me to post a
star coin of my own. Mine is a little more worn than kc's, but
still a very lovely thing (I have the photo I took of it as a screen image on my laptop, so I see it every day!). As with most of the coins I post, it was photographed using natural sunlight.
MACEDON, Kingdom of,
Alexander III, (336-323 B.C.), gold
stater, (8.504 grams), Miletus
mint, issued 323-319 B.C.,
obv. head of
Athena to right in crested Corinthian helmet, ornamented with
serpent,
rev. Nike standing to left, holding
wreath in outstretched hand and ship's mast, HK
monogram in left
field and double headed
axe under wing in the right
field, around to right ALEXANDP[OU], (cf.S.6702;
Price 2114, M.577,
BMC 2114a-c).
Steve