KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’, 336-323 BC. Stater (Gold, 17 mm, 8.58 g, 12 h), uncertain mint in Asia Minor. Head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with a coiled serpent. Rev. AΛEΞANΔΡOΥ Nike standing front, head to left, with her wings spread, holding laurel wreath in her right hand and stylis in her left; to lower left, pentagram. Price -. Apparently unpublished. Good very fine.
The pentagram appears on a series of staters attributed by Price to Abydos (?) (Price 1523-1526), but the presents piece differs both in style and by the lack of additional symbols