99, Lot: 8. Estimate $300. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonas II Gonatas. 277-239 BC. AR Tetradrachm (34mm, 16.91 gm). Amphipolis mint. Struck after 271/0 BC. Macedonian shield the central boss of which depicts head of Pan left, lagobolon over shoulder; shield decorated with seven eight-pointed stars within double crescents / Athena Alkidemos walking left, brandishing thunderbolt and holding shield; crested Athenian helmet left, TI right. SNG Alpha Bank -; SNG Ashmolean 3260; R. W. Mathisen, "Antigonos Gonatas and the Silver Coinages of Macedonian circa 280-270 BC,"
ANSMN 26 (1981), pp. 110ff. Fine.