Alexander III, Gold Stater Coin
Denomination: Stater
Ruler: Alexander III, The Great
Mint: Citium
Country: Kingdom of Macedeon
Date: Circa 336-323 B.C.
Metal: Gold
Frame: 18k, 1.91 ct tw
Certificate: 51867
Obverse: Head of Athena facing right in a crested Corinthian battle helmet
Reverse: Nike standing left, holding a wreath and ship’s mast; to the right, ALESANAPOY
Alexander III succeeded his father, Philip II, on the Macedonian throne. In a reign of only thirteen years he was able to accomplish military feats that stand unequaled to this day. By 330 B.C. Alexander was already the acknowledged leader of an empire that covered a million square miles. Alexander was more than a military genius. He had studied as a pupil of Aristotle and was familiar not only with strategy and tactics, but mathematics and philosophy, art, literature, and theatre. At his untimely death at the age of thirty-two, he was King of the Greeks, Pharaoh of Egypt, Ruler of Persia, and King of Asia.
His coinage reflect the immense wealth he accumulated during his conquests. For his gold coinage, Alexander chose the universal types that would appeal not only to the Greeks but also throughout his empire. The Macedonian Stater became the predominant gold trade coin of the time. The coinage was issued at mints from one end of Alexander’s empire to the other.
Denomination: Stater
Ruler: Alexander III, The Great
Mint: Citium
Country: Kingdom of Macedeon
Date: Circa 336-323 B.C.
Metal: Gold
Frame: 18k, 1.91 ct tw
Certificate: 51867
Obverse: Head of Athena facing right in a crested Corinthian battle helmet
Reverse: Nike standing left, holding a wreath and ship’s mast; to the right, ALESANAPOY
Alexander III succeeded his father, Philip II, on the Macedonian throne. In a reign of only thirteen years he was able to accomplish military feats that stand unequaled to this day. By 330 B.C. Alexander was already the acknowledged leader of an empire that covered a million square miles. Alexander was more than a military genius. He had studied as a pupil of Aristotle and was familiar not only with strategy and tactics, but mathematics and philosophy, art, literature, and theatre. At his untimely death at the age of thirty-two, he was King of the Greeks, Pharaoh of Egypt, Ruler of Persia, and King of Asia.
His coinage reflect the immense wealth he accumulated during his conquests. For his gold coinage, Alexander chose the universal types that would appeal not only to the Greeks but also throughout his empire. The Macedonian Stater became the predominant gold trade coin of the time. The coinage was issued at mints from one end of Alexander’s empire to the other.
Denomination: Stater
Ruler: Alexander III, The Great
Mint: Citium
Country: Kingdom of Macedeon
Date: Circa 336-323 B.C.
Metal: Gold
Frame: 18k, 1.91 ct tw
Certificate: 51867
Obverse: Head of Athena facing right in a crested Corinthian battle helmet
Reverse: Nike standing left, holding a wreath and ship’s mast; to the right, ALESANAPOY
Alexander III succeeded his father, Philip II, on the Macedonian throne. In a reign of only thirteen years he was able to accomplish military feats that stand unequaled to this day. By 330 B.C. Alexander was already the acknowledged leader of an empire that covered a million square miles. Alexander was more than a military genius. He had studied as a pupil of Aristotle and was familiar not only with strategy and tactics, but mathematics and philosophy, art, literature, and theatre. At his untimely death at the age of thirty-two, he was King of the Greeks, Pharaoh of Egypt, Ruler of Persia, and King of Asia.
His coinage reflect the immense wealth he accumulated during his conquests. For his gold coinage, Alexander chose the universal types that would appeal not only to the Greeks but also throughout his empire. The Macedonian Stater became the predominant gold trade coin of the time. The coinage was issued at mints from one end of Alexander’s empire to the other.