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Nomos 22

22 June 2021
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich

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Estimate: 850 CHF
Hammer Price:  2400 CHF
Lot 116
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KINGS OF MACEDON. Antigonos II Gonatas, 277/6-239 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 31 mm, 17.11 g, 11 h), Amphipolis, c. 246/5-229. 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, TΙ. Panagopoulou Period III, Group 26, 125 (O11/R116). SNG Ashmolean 3260 (same obverse die). SNG Copenhagen 1202. Beautifully toned and with an obverse of exceptionally fine style, with a head of Pan appearing to be a real portrait of a powerful Hellenistic ruler, similar to Demetrios Poliorcetes or Ptolemy I. Extremely fine.

From a European collection, acquired in the 1990s.

Online bidding closes: 22 Jun 2021, 10:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 20 Apr 2024, 16:08:37 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:2400 CHF

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