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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Macedonian Kingdom| > GB99415
Macedonian Kingdom, Antigonos II Gonatas, 277 - 239 B.C.
|Macedonian| |Kingdom|, |Macedonian| |Kingdom,| |Antigonos| |II| |Gonatas,| |277| |-| |239| |B.C.|, Antigonus was cunning, patient and persistent, preferring political rather than military solutions. In contrast to his father Demetrius and neighbor Pyrrhus, who aimed higher and fell lower, Antigonus achieved a measure of mediocre security. He cultivated the arts, gathering distinguished philosophers, poets, and historians, and he gained the affection of his subjects by his honesty.
GB99415. Bronze AE 22, cf. SNG München 1092, SNG Alpha Bank 1017, SNG Cop 1205, McClean 3603, HGC 3.1 1049, VF, glossy green patina, overstruck with uncertain undertype, corrosion, scratches, uncertain Macedonian mint, weight 5.694g, maximum diameter 22.2mm, die axis 270o, 277 - 239 B.C.; obverse head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet; reverse Pan advancing right, erecting trophy of captured Galatian arms, B-A (BAΣIΛΕΩΣ - king) high across field, Macedonian helmet with wings crest and ear flaps (control) left, ANTI monogram between legs, uncertain control symbol (lagobolon?) right; SOLD











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