Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 461. Estimate $750. Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004. Sold For $465. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos II Gonatas. 277-239 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.88 gm). Amphipolis mint. Struck after 271/0 BC. Horned head of Pan left in the center of a Macedonian shield, wearing goat skin, lagobolon over shoulder; shield decorated with seven eight-pointed stars within double crescents / Athena Alkidemos walking left, brandishing thunderbolt and holding shield; shield decorated with aegis; crested helmet to inner left, monogram to inner right. Touratsoglou pg. 98, 47; AMNG III 3; SNG Alpha Bank 989; Boston MFA 713 (same obverse die). VF, recently cleaned. Rare issue. ($750)