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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AncientJoe, post: 2017864, member: 44357&quot;]Alexander the Great staters are popular coins but very available due to the size of their mintage, so I tend to only briefly look at them when they come up for sale, with no serious interest as I already own a good example of the larger and rarer distater type.</p><p><br /></p><p>A recent auction had a very wide selection of them so I paid a bit closer attention than normal. There are 349 known varieties of Alexander the Great staters and only 11 distaters. Aesthetically, the staters vary considerably and upon seeing an example described as &quot;exceptionally well detailed and of wonderfully delicate style&quot;, I took a more serious look.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was immediately deeply attracted to the coin. I&#039;ve bought and sold several of them in the past and was reasonably well aware of the range in artistry but this example stood considerably above the others in my eyes. I spent a fair amount of time going through auction archives looking for better coins and didn&#039;t find any which jumped out to the extent as this one, so I decided I needed to go after it, and happily managed to acquire it precisely at my max bid.</p><p><br /></p><p>It isn&#039;t a cheap coin but it isn&#039;t horribly expensive compared to many ancient coins, but I find myself looking at it disproportionately often, especially the reverse, because of the talent of the engraver.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1028.photobucket.com/albums/y342/AncientJoe/AlexanderStater_zpsb80a4c6c.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Post the coins that &quot;spoke&quot; to you![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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