Tetradrachm - Antigonus II Gonatas Amphipolis

Features

Issuer	Kingdom of Macedonia
King	Antigonus II Gonatas (277 BC - 239 BC) Demetrius II Aetolicus (239 BC - 229 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	246 BC - 229 BC
Value	Tetradrachm (4)
Currency	Attic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	17.14 g
Diameter	30 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 575337
References	Panagopoulou# 4.1.1.1 Katerina Panagopoulou; 2020. The Early Antigonids: Coinage, Money and the Economy / Volume 37. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States. , SNG Copenhagen# 1201 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , SNG Ashmolean# 3261 Oxford University Press (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume V - Ashmolean Museum. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (7 volumes). , SNG Lockett# 1525 Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson, Richard Cyril Lockett. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume III - The Lockett Collection. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes). , Pozzi# 971 Naville & Cie (publisher); 1920. Monnaies grecques antiques: Provenant de la collection de feu le prof. S. Pozzi = Ancient Greek coins. Naville & Cie, Luzern, Switzerland. , SNG Berry# 355-357 Margaret Thompson, Robert Ross Holloway, Irwin L. Merker. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Burton Y. Berry Collection. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States (2 volumes). , Hunterian# 6 George MacDonald. Catalogue of Greek coins in the Hunterian collection, University of Glasgow. James Maclehose and Sons, Glasgow, United Kingdom (3 volumes).

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Obverse

Horned head of Pan to left, wearing goat skin and around his neck and with lagobolon behind. All within the center of a Macedonian shield adorned with stars and crescents

Reverse

Athena Alkidemos striding left, holding shield with her left hand and brandishing a thunderbolt in her right. To left, facing Macedonian helmet and to right, KT.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΓΟΝΟΥ
KT

Mint

Amphipolis, Macedonia, modern-day Amfipoli, Greece

Comments

Hunterian I, p. 340 №6.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (246 BC - 229 BC)							$ 1500	$ 1700

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Savoca Numismatik 291st Monthly Silver Auction Lot 21	26 Oct 2025	XF	USD 1740.59 (EUR 1500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG
	Savoca Numismatik Herakles 1 Lot 17	14 Oct 2024	XF	USD 1740.59 (EUR 1500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG
	Heritage Auctions 2022 November 2 - 4 World & Ancient Coins Platinum Session and Signature® Auction 3102 Lot 32041	2 Nov 2022	XF (NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 5/5)	USD 1500.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Heritage Auctions
	Roma Numismatics Auction XXIII Lot 187	24 Mar 2022	XF	USD 2684.37 (GBP 2000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Nomos AG, Obolos 19, 8 May 2021, lot 211
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	Nomos AG obolos 19 Lot 211	9 May 2021	XF	USD 1389.17 (CHF 1100.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Nomos AG
	Nomos AG Auction 20 Lot 129	10 Jul 2020	XF	USD 2020.61 (CHF 1600.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Nomos AG
	Künker Auction 236 Lot 37	7 Oct 2013	XF	USD 928.32 (EUR 800.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker 182, Osnabrück 2011, Nr. 192
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg
	Numismatik Lanz Auction 156 Lot 111	2 Jun 2013	XF	USD 2320.79 (EUR 2000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatik Lanz Auctions
	Gorny & Mosch Auction 180 Lot 117	12 Oct 2009	XF	USD 3481.18 (EUR 3000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Gorny & Mosch GmbH Giessener Münzhandlung
	Gorny & Mosch Auction 129 Lot 94	8 Mar 2004	XF	USD 1160.39 (EUR 1000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Gorny & Mosch GmbH Giessener Münzhandlung