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Ruler: KINGS OF MACEDON. Antigonos II Gonatas, 277/6-239 BC.
Denomination: Tetradrachm
Mint: Amphipolis, circa 274/1-260/55 BC.
Obverse: Horned head of Pan to left, wearing goat skin around his neck and with lagobolon behind; all within the center of a Macedonian shield adorned with stars and crescents.
Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ - ANTIΓONOΥ; Athena Alkidemos striding left, seen three-quarters from behind, brandishing thunderbolt in her right hand and holding shield decorated with aegis on her left arm; in inner left field, Macedonian helmet with transverse crest; in inner right field, TI.
Literature: SNG Alpha Bank 983. SNG Berry 359. SNG Copenhagen 1202.
Provenance: ex dr Victor Vishnevsky collection = ex Athena GmbH München, Lagerliste 24, 1996, Nr. 6
Note: Athena Alkidemos defender of the people, demos) is a divine epithet, attested only by the Roman historian Livy (42.51), for the goddess Athena worshiped at Pella, Macedonia. A similar Macedonian epithet of Athena was Alcis. Athena Alkidemos with thunderbolt and shield (aegis) was a usual depiction in Hellenistic tetradrachms.
Collezione : 17 Greek Tetradrachms and staters