KINGS OF MACEDON. Antigonos II Gonatas, 277/6-239 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 30 mm, 17.17 g, 3 h), Amphipolis, circa 274/1-260/55. Horned head of Pan to left, wearing goat skin around his neck and with lagobolon behind; all within the center of a Macedonian shield adorned with stars and crescents.
Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ - ANTIΓONOΥ Athena Alkidemos striding left, seen three-quarters from behind, brandishing thunderbolt in her right hand and holding shield decorated with aegis on her left arm; to left, facing Macedonian helmet with transverse crest; to right, monogram of HΛ. HGC 3.1, 1042. Panagopoulou, period I, 86g (
this coin, O26/R82). SNG Ashmolean 3258-9. SNG Copenhagen 1199. SNG Fitzwilliam 2304 (
same dies). Attractively toned and perfectly centered. Minor marks on Pan's cheek
, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.
Ex Vinchon, 27 February 1961, 121, and from the collection of R. de Castro Maya, Bourgey, 18-19 November 1957, 64.