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Bronze Æ Half-bronze unit, (PB, 16) No. v19-0059
16mm, 12 hours. 4.11g. No. 110 in the reference books: Cop.- - MP.2803 pl. 110
Obverse, Three-quarter-front head (Herakles?) to the right placed in the center of a Macedonian shield.
Reverse, Macedonian helmet; in the field on the right, a caduceus; monogram in the left field.
Caption setback: B-A Ex: Savoca June 2019
In Martin Price's book, this type of bronze is dated between 323 and 310 BC, struck in West Asia Minor. If this is the case, this bronze could have been struck by Philip III, Antigone the Borgne or Demetrius Poliorketes. According to David Sear, this coin was minted in Macedonia during the intersection of Poliorketes and Antigonus Gonatas (GC. 6781 ss).
The Kingdom of Macedonia experienced a very difficult period after the fall of Demetrius Poliorketes who was driven out of Macedonia by Lysimachus and Pyrrhus. The two victors shared the remains of the kingdom of Epigone. After Lysimachus death at the Battle of Couroupédion in 281 BC, Macedonia finally fell to Antigonus Gonatas, the son of Demetrius Poliorketes who had won a brilliant victory over the Galatians (Gaulois) in 277 BC in Lysimachus.
Collezione : Macedonian shield coins