bgr_815789 - MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - ANTIGONUS GONATAS Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 250 AC.
Mint name / Town : Macédoine, Amphipolis
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 3,39 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan court, centré. Joli revers. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête casquée d’Athéna, coiffée du casque corinthien.
Reverse
Reverse description : Pan nu marchant à droite, érigeant un trophée ; dans le champ à gauche, un bouclier macédonien ; à droite, le lagobolon ; un monogramme entre les jambes.
Reverse legend : B-A/ (ANTI), (Basilews Antigonou).
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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