400, Lot: 47. Estimate $300. Sold for $750. 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 (32mm, 16.87 g, 2h). Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 274/1-260/55 BC. Horned head of Pan left, lagobolon behind, in the center of a Macedonian shield / Athena Alkidemos, advancing left, shield decorated with aegis on left arm, preparing to cast thunderbolt; crested Macedonian helmet to inner left, monogram to inner right. Panagopoulou Period III; Touratsoglou –; SNG Copenhagen –; Meydancikkale 2588. Good VF, some roughness. Very rare with this monogram, only 8 examples noted by Panagopoulou.