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	17.17 g
Diameter	31 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 575343
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# 1202 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , SNG Ashmolean# 3260 Oxford University Press (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume V - Ashmolean Museum. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (7 volumes). , SNG Berry# 358-359 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). , SNG Alpha Bank# 983 Sophia Kremydi; 2000. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Greece / Volume 2.1. The Alpha Bank Collection: Macedonia, Alexander I - Perseus. Alpha Bank, Athens, Greece. , Hunterian# 5 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, TI.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΓΟΝΟΥ
TI

Mint

Amphipolis, Macedonia, modern-day Amfipoli, Greece

Comments

Hunterian I, p. 340 №5.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (246 BC - 229 BC)							$ 690	$ 1700

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Stacks Bowers August 2016 ANA Auction Lot 20058	9 Aug 2016	AU (NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5)	USD 1100.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Stacks Bowers
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Gorny & Mosch Auction 310 Lot 127	3 Mar 2025	XF	USD 1744.25 (EUR 1500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Gorny & Mosch GmbH Giessener Münzhandlung
	Gorny & Mosch Auction 280 Lot 206	11 Oct 2021	XF	USD 1744.25 (EUR 1500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Gorny & Mosch GmbH Giessener Münzhandlung
	Numismatik Lanz Auction 158 Lot 105	5 Jun 2014	XF	USD 1279.11 (EUR 1100.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatik Lanz Auctions
	Heritage Auctions 2024 January 16 - 18 NYINC World Coins Signature Auction 3114 Lot 33048	16 Jan 2024	XF (NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 3/5)	USD 950.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Heritage Auctions
	Roma Numismatics Auction XXVIII Lot 235	5 Jul 2023	XF	USD 1075.16 (GBP 800.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	Nomos AG obolos 27 Lot 140	19 Mar 2023	XF	USD 1395.00 (CHF 1100.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Nomos AG
	Nomos AG obolos 24 Lot 87	21 Aug 2022	XF	USD 951.14 (CHF 750.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Leu Numismatik Auction 8 Lot 54	23 Oct 2021	XF	USD 3550.92 (CHF 2800.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Münzen & Medaillen FPL 329, November-December 1971, 170
© Leu Numismatik
	Nomos AG Auction 22 Lot 116	22 Jun 2021	XF	USD 3043.64 (CHF 2400.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Nomos AG