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KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Demetrios I Poliorketes – Antigonos II Gonatas. Circa 300-250 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 16.43 g, 2h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Uncertain mint in the Peloponnese (Megalopolis?). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in wreath in left field. Price 772; Troxell, Peloponnesian, Group II, Issue 1, unlisted dies. Good VF, toned, light scuff and field marks on reverse. Rare.
From the J. Cohen Collection. Ex Group SGF (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 348, 8 April 2015), lot 250.
Although Martin Price did not assign this issue to a particular mint, Hyla Troxell suggested all the coins of her Group II were struck at the mint of Megalopolis, while that city was under the control of a tyrant who was installed by Antigonos II Gonatas. However, the style and fabric of some dies are nearly identical to the issues of Demetrios I Poliorketes that Troxell and Price placed at Corinth around 300 BC.
From the J. Cohen Collection. Ex Group SGF (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 348, 8 April 2015), lot 250.
Although Martin Price did not assign this issue to a particular mint, Hyla Troxell suggested all the coins of her Group II were struck at the mint of Megalopolis, while that city was under the control of a tyrant who was installed by Antigonos II Gonatas. However, the style and fabric of some dies are nearly identical to the issues of Demetrios I Poliorketes that Troxell and Price placed at Corinth around 300 BC.