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Message:: [QUOTE="Ripley, post: 1615575, member: 19199"]Your coin is from 277 - 239 BCID - SNG alpha bank 1020 or SGCV II 6786 Fweight 5.858gMaximum diameter 18.6 mmAthena facing right in a Corinthian helmetPan erecting trophy  ANTIStruck under King Antigonos II Gonatas (who was killed in battle by a bolt through his neck at the battle of Thebes) Nice coin  :hail:<img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/Coins2/56647p00.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[TABLE][TR][TD="align: center"]During the siege of Thebes, Demetrius repeatedly forced his men to attack the city at great cost, even though there was little hope of capturing it. It is said that, distressed by the heavy losses, Antigonus asked his father: "Why, father, do we allow these lives to be thrown away so unnecessarily?" Demetrius appears to have showed his contempt for the lives of his soldiers by replying: "We don't have to find rations for the dead." But he also showed a similar disregard for his own life and was badly wounded at the siege by a bolt through the neck.[/TD][/TR][/TABLE][TABLE][TR][TD]BB56647. Bronze AE 18, SNG Alpha Bank 1020, SGCV II 6786, F, Macedonian mint, weight 5.858g, maximum diameter18.6mm, die axis 270[SUP]o[/SUP], 277 - 239 B.C.; obverse head of Athena right wearing crested Corinthian helmet; reverse B - A, Pan advancing right, erecting trophy, ANTI monogram between legs, helmet left, lagobolon right; [/TD][/TR][/TABLE][/QUOTE]