Kings of Macedon
Antigonos II Gonatas, 277/6-239 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 30 mm, 17.14 g, 9 h), Amphipolis, c. 274/1-260/55. Horned head of Pan to left, wearing goat's 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 to left, hurling thunderbolt with her upraised right hand and holding shield with her left; in field to left, Macedonian helmet with transverse crest; in field to right, KT. Panagopoulou Period III. SNG Ashmolean 3261. SNG Copenhagen 1201. A superb piece, bright and sharply struck from unworn dies. Good extremely fine.