Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 186. Estimate $2000. Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005. Sold For $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos II Gonatas. 277-239 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.10 gm, 11h gm). Amphipolis mint. Struck after 271/0 BC. Horned head of Pan left, wearing goat skin, lagobolon over shoulder, in the center of a Macedonian shield decorated with seven eight-pointed stars within double crescents /
BASILEWS ANTIGONOU, Athena Alkidemos walking left, brandishing thunderbolt in her right hand, holding shield decorated with aegis on her left arm; crested helmet to inner left, monogram to inner right. Touratsoglou pg. 94, 25; AMNG III 3; SNG Alpha Bank 986; SNG München 1077. Choice EF with attractive light iridescent toning around devices. ($2000)
Ex Leu 83 (6-7 May 2002), lot 204; Peus 337 (3 November 1993), lot 118.