289, Lot: 59. Estimate $300. Sold for $850. 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, 16.94 g, 12h). Amphipolis mint. Struck after 270 BC. Head of Pan wearing goat horns and goat skin in center of Macedonian shield, lagobolon over shoulder; shield decorated with seven eight-pointed stars within double crescents / Athena Alkidemos walking left, brandishing thunderbolt and shield, shield decorated with aegis; crested Athenian helmet left, monogram right. Mathisen pl. 22, 38; SNG Alpha Bank 986; SNG Ashmolean 3258. VF, scattered scratches under dark tone.
Ex Christopher Morcom Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 173), lot 77.