336, Lot: 49. Estimate $150. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos II Gonatas. 277/6-239 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.06 g, 12h). Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 274/1-260/55 BC. Horned head of Pan left, with lagobolon over shoulder, in the center of a Macedonian shield / Athena Alkidemos advancing left, preparing to cast thunderbolt; crested Macedonian helmet to inner left, HP monogram to inner right. Panagopoulou Period I, 152 (O1/R1) = BM Inv. 1886, 1111.1; otherwise unpublished. Near VF, toned, pierced, deep punch in center of obverse. Extremely rare denomination for series.