Triton XV, Lot: 1142. Estimate $2500. Sold for $2600. 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 (30mm, 17.11 g, 3h). Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 274/1-260/55 BC. Horned head of Pan left, lagobolon behind, in the center of a Macedonian shield / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIΓONOY, Athena Alkidemos advancing left, shield decorated with aegis on left arm, preparing to cast thunderbolt held aloft in right hand; crested Macedonian helmet to inner left, EMP monogram to inner right. Touratsoglou 47-8; SNG München -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Berry -. EF, lightly toned, with underlying luster. Struck from a slightly worn obverse die.