KINGDOM OF MACEDONIA - ANTIGONE GONATAS 277-323 Macedonian shield decorated with a head of Pan, horned, carrying the aegis and the lagobolon on the shoulder. Double linear circle and seven
stars around the edge. R/. Athena Alkidemos standing holding a shield and brandishing a thunderbolt. In front, a Macedonian helmet and a monogram. On both sides, ???????? ANTI??NO?. Pozzi 970; SNG Berry 350-352; SNG Oxford 3258. Silver tetradrachm struck at Amphipolis in 274-255. (17.10 g) A very fine example. In 277 B.C., at Lysimacheia, Antigonus Gonatas defeats an army of Celts who had invaded Greece. The shepherd-god Pan would have intervened to support the Greeks and to terrify their enemies.
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