OK I am the second person to try and ID this mystery coin. I can say that I have looked thru, easily, 10k images on acsearch without a hit. I've used terms like Ares, Mars, Athena, thyrsos, crowning, ae, etc. No matches. The closest I can find is KINGS of PERGAMON. Philetairos. But it is still not a match. This coin is bronze ae and is 2.59g. I've got at least 12 hrs invested in the hunt and my buddy has about 6. We are stumped. Any neoplasm is appreciated.
This seems about the closest I could find. The weight is a bit off though. https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5146726
@Ryan McVay …I think you used the wrong word. Neoplasm: the uncontrolled growth of abnormal tissue; a tumor. Why would you ask for that?…Spark
As @The Meat man commented, it's a type of Antigonos II Gonatas (277-239 BCE). Athena on the obverse & Pan erecting a trophy on the reverse. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the trophy alludes to his victory over Pyrrhus and his Gallic mercenaries, and other Gauls that Antigonos drove from Macedonia. It is small but not too out of the ordinary. (I've had many of these & they vary quite a bit in size, quality & style.) I do wonder, however, if it isn't an imitative type. The reverse is pretty good style (albeit on too small a flan) but the obverse/Athena strikes me as crude. (Wouldn't it be ironic to have a Gallic imitation of Antigonos II?!) You can see examples linked here: Official examples Imitations
I also thought the portrait style seemed odd but I didn't know there were imitations. I'm sure that's what the OP's coin is.
ANTIGONOS GONATAS, King of Macedonia AE 19 OBVERSE: Head of Athena right in crested Corinthian helmet REVERSE: BA above, ANTI monogram below, Pan advancing right, erecting trophy Struck at Macedonia, 277-239 BC 4.58g, 19mm Lindgren III, 105, Sear #6786 (var) Countermarked on obverse
Thanks everyone! I did find another one on vcoins using your attribution. https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/ma...unit__pan_erecting_trophy/978379/Default.aspx
They often come with countermarks -- usually on Athena's helmet. (I collect countermarks.) Mine (below) are not the best examples (mostly from group lots and pick bins) but you can see a couple varieties of the control symbols on the reverse, which can vary. (To the left, sometimes a Macedonian helmet; to right, sometimes a wreath. Monograms between Pan's legs.) I wouldn't be surprised if one or two were imitative. I like the ones on which you can see Pan's goat-like features: horns, tail, and/or hooves:
