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<p>[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 4835413, member: 91461"]Excellent Antigonos type! And yours has a neat countermark on the cap and ANT monogram between Pan's legs!!</p><p>Here's mine with the unique to Antigonos Macedonian helmet with corn stalks for ears! (To the left of pan's butt)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1169087[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><u>Antigonus II Gonatas or III Doson</u></b></p><p>229-221 BCE, AE19. 4.08g, 18mm.</p><p>Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right. c/m: prow</p><p>Rev: Pan right, erecting trophy to right; B-A across upper field, monogram of Antigonos between legs. In left field, Macedonian helmet; in right field, wreath.</p><p>Moushmov 7308; SNG Copenhagen 1205-11; SNG Alpha Bank 1017-1019; Furtwängler Group 18.</p><p>Recent scholarship indicates that the Pan types were issued past the death of Antigonos II, through the reigns of Demetrios II Aetolicus, Antigonos III Doson, and possibly even into Philip V’s reign. Furtwängler (Beobachtungen zur Chronologie antigonidischer Kupfermünzen im 3. Jh. V. Chr, Obolos 7 2004, pp. 277-290) assigns this issue to Antigonos III Doson, who led Macedon’s last resurgence before its final defeat (to the Romans) under Philip V and Perseus.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>You can also see the corn stalk, regularly a bushel, here on the quarter version of his shield!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1169090[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><u>Antigonos II Gonatas/Antigonus III Doson</u></b></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p>Æ (13mm, 1.8 g,1/2 unit). Uncertain Macedonian mint. Macedonian shield with monogram of Antigonos in central boss / Macedonian helmet sans bushel flanked by grain ears ; kerykeion to left, green patina.</p><p><br /></p><p>Possibly singular for the type[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 4835413, member: 91461"]Excellent Antigonos type! And yours has a neat countermark on the cap and ANT monogram between Pan's legs!! Here's mine with the unique to Antigonos Macedonian helmet with corn stalks for ears! (To the left of pan's butt) [ATTACH=full]1169087[/ATTACH] [B][U]Antigonus II Gonatas or III Doson[/U][/B] 229-221 BCE, AE19. 4.08g, 18mm. Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right. c/m: prow Rev: Pan right, erecting trophy to right; B-A across upper field, monogram of Antigonos between legs. In left field, Macedonian helmet; in right field, wreath. Moushmov 7308; SNG Copenhagen 1205-11; SNG Alpha Bank 1017-1019; Furtwängler Group 18. Recent scholarship indicates that the Pan types were issued past the death of Antigonos II, through the reigns of Demetrios II Aetolicus, Antigonos III Doson, and possibly even into Philip V’s reign. Furtwängler (Beobachtungen zur Chronologie antigonidischer Kupfermünzen im 3. Jh. V. Chr, Obolos 7 2004, pp. 277-290) assigns this issue to Antigonos III Doson, who led Macedon’s last resurgence before its final defeat (to the Romans) under Philip V and Perseus. You can also see the corn stalk, regularly a bushel, here on the quarter version of his shield! [ATTACH=full]1169090[/ATTACH] [B][U]Antigonos II Gonatas/Antigonus III Doson[/U][/B] Æ (13mm, 1.8 g,1/2 unit). Uncertain Macedonian mint. Macedonian shield with monogram of Antigonos in central boss / Macedonian helmet sans bushel flanked by grain ears ; kerykeion to left, green patina. Possibly singular for the type[/QUOTE]
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