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Live auction - bgr_554842 - MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - ANTIGONUS GONATAS Tétradrachme

MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - ANTIGONUS GONATAS Tétradrachme XF/AU
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Estimate : 720 €
Price : 485 €
Maximum bid : 490 €
End of the sale : 03 December 2019 14:18:51
bidders : 2 bidders
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 273-271 AC.
Mint name / Town : Amphipolis, Macédoine
Metal : silver
Diameter : 31,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 17,08 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée des deux côtés. Usure régulière. Joli revers. Patine grise de collection

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Bouclier macédonien orné de sept astres dans un double cercle ; au centre, tête de Pan tourné à gauche.

Reverse


Reverse description : Athéna Alkidémos marchant à gauche, casquée et drapée avec l'égide, brandissant un foudre de la main droite et tenant un bouclier de la gauche ; dans le champ à gauche, un casque macédonien ; monogramme dans le champ à droite.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS// ANTIGONOU/ (HL).

Commentary


Au droit, sur le bouclier macédonien, le buste de Pan est entouré d’une frise de sept motifs formé à partir d’une combinaison luni-solaire associant un double croissant de lune superposé et d’un astre solaire avec huit rais centré d’un globule.

Historical background


MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - ANTIGONUS GONATAS

(277-239 BC)

Coinage in the name of Antigonos type

Antigone Gonatas is the son of Demetrius Poliorcetes. He becomes king of Macedonia after crushing the Galatians in 277 at Lysimacheia. The latter had invaded Greece two years before and had sacked the sanctuary of Delphi.

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