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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 7598995, member: 91461&quot;]Very good looking thunderbolt boss! Though, they are one of the most plentiful types, it&#039;s hard to get one in a good of shape as yours.</p><p>Looks like this great group of CTers already got your answer... but I&#039;m not gonna pass up the opportunity to share an MSC... or 3!</p><p>Ant II, Gonatas always has his monogram on his bronze shields:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1308544[/ATTACH]</p><p>Antigonos II Gonatas</p><p>277/6-239 BC. Æ 18mm (3.85 g). Macedonian shield with monogram of Antigonos in central boss / Macedonian helmet; three monograms around. SNG Copenhagen 1222. Very fine. Ex: Savoca</p><p><br /></p><p>His dad had coins in his name with gorgons on them, that were minted by his son Demetrius the besieger:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1308547[/ATTACH]</p><p>Antigonos I Monophthalmos</p><p>As king, 306/5-301 BC. Æ Unit (16mm, 4.56 g, 12h). Salamis mint. Struck under Demetrios I Poliorketes. Macedonian shield, boss decorated with facing gorgoneion / Macedonian helmet; kerykeion and monogram to lower left and right. Price 3159 (c. 323-315 BC)</p><p><br /></p><p>And then your guess is as good as mine to whether The one eyed minted these or if it was Alexander&#039;s older brother:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1308548[/ATTACH]</p><p>Philip III Arrhidaeus Uncertain mint in Western Asia Minor. (323-317 BCE)/ Or Antigonus Gonatas (288-277 BCE)</p><p>Bronze Æ Half-bronze unit, (PB, 16) No. v19-0059&nbsp; </p><p>16mm, 12 hours. 4.11g. No. 110 in the reference books: Cop.- - MP.2803 pl. 110</p><p>Obverse, Three-quarter-front head (Herakles?) to the right placed in the center of a Macedonian shield.</p><p>Reverse, Macedonian helmet; in the field on the right, a caduceus; monogram in the left field.</p><p>Caption setback: B-A Ex: Savoca[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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