bgr_1107658 - MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - ANTIGONUS GONATAS Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 305 AC.
Mint name / Town : Amphipolis, Macédoine
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 3,58 g.
Coments on the condition:
Flan court, centré. Revers agréable. Usure importante mais régulière. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Héraklès imberbe à droite, coiffée de la léonté.
Reverse
Reverse description : Cavalier au pas à droite, couronnant son cheval ; monogramme sous le poitrail.
Reverse legend : B-A/ (ANTI)
Reverse translation : (du roi Antigone).
Commentary
Ce type est aussi parfois attribué à Cassandre, mais avec le petit monogramme sous le cheval, il s’agit bien d’Antigone Gonatas.
This type is also sometimes attributed to Cassandra, but with the small monogram under the horse, it is indeed Antigone Gonatas
This type is also sometimes attributed to Cassandra, but with the small monogram under the horse, it is indeed Antigone Gonatas
Historical background
MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - ANTIGONUS GONATAS
(277-239 BC)
Coinage in the name of Antigonos type
Antigone Gonatas is the son of Demetrius Poliorcetes. He becomes king of Macedonia after crushing the Galatians in 277 at Lysimacheia. The latter had invaded Greece two years before and had sacked the sanctuary of Delphi.
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