205, Lot: 80. Estimate $300. Sold for $330. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos II Gonatas. 277/6-239 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.08 g, 11h). Amphipolis mint. Struck after 271/0 BC. Macedonian shield, the central boss of which depicts head of Pan left, lagobolon over shoulder; shield decorated with seven eight-pointed stars within double crescents / Athena Alkidemos walking left, brandishing thunderbolt and holding shield; crested Athenian helmet to inner left, TI to inner right. Mathisen pl. 21, 36 var. (monogram); SNG Alpha Bank -; SNG Ashmolean 3260. Near VF, scratches.