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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2980740, member: 56859&quot;]Here&#039;s her Greek counterpart sporting a lovely <strike>shawl</strike> aegis:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%25252Fmedia%25252Fae43f8_b157dcebb49041089628f4c19e4e5f65.jpg_srb_p_850_428_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb%2526hash%253Dafeea2f3e2654701bd21a57d4e1a31a2%26hash%3D70a2fb7ad734a181eaaae378e656b678&amp;hash=bd77890f7049825da6bdf690b1f080d0" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>KINGS OF MACEDON, Antigonos II Gonatas </b></p><p>277/6-239 BCE, struck after 270 BCE, Amphipolis mint</p><p>AR tetradrachm, 31mm, 17.06 g </p><p>Obv: head of Pan in center of Macedonian shield, lagobolon over shoulder; shield decorated with stars within crescents</p><p>Rev: BASILEWS ANTIGONOU, Athena Alkidemos walking left, brandishing thunderbolt and shield; helmet left, EMP monogram right </p><p>Ref: SNGCop 1200v, EMP (maybe); R. Martin, &quot;A Third-Century B.C. Hoard from Thessaly at the ANS,&quot; ANSMN 26, 536 (same obv. die).</p><p><i>ex Demetrios Armounta Collection</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Athena looks very, uhm... physically fit on this coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; Look closely though... it&#039;s like an Escher drawing.&nbsp; Is her aegis draped across her back or across her front?&nbsp; Is she throwing the thunderbolt with her right arm or left?&nbsp; I think it is mean to be on her back, right arm throwing, but the way her elbow is shown looks like her left arm.</p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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