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E-auction 175-108820 - bgr_399547 - MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - ANTIGONUS GONATAS Unité

MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - ANTIGONUS GONATAS Unité VF
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Estimate : 50 €
Price : 19 €
Maximum bid : 20 €
End of the sale : 22 August 2016 14:02:00
bidders : 5 bidders
Type : Unité
Date: c. 305 AC.
Mint name / Town : Amphipolis, Macédoine
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 6,52 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré à l’usure importante, identifiable. Patine verte
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Héraklès imberbe à droite, coiffée de la léonté.

Reverse


Reverse description : Cavalier au pas à droite, couronnant son cheval ; monogramme sous le poitrail.
Reverse legend : [B-A/ (ANTI)].
Reverse translation : (du roi Antigone).

Commentary


Une petite contremarque sur la léonté. Ce type est aussi parfois attribué à Cassandre, mais avec le petit monogramme sous le cheval, il s’agit bien d’Antigone Gonatas.

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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