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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.1965.1204
People
Antigonos II Gonatas, Greek (r. 277/6 BCE-239 BCE)
Title
Tetradrachm of Antigonus II Gonatas of Macedonia
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
After 271 BCE/270 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Macedonia
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/188126

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
16.99 g
Die Axis
3
Denomination
tetradrachm
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Reverse Inscription: BASILEWS ANTIGONOU

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Grunthal-Gans, 10 April 1951, 111

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
SNGAlpha 986ff.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from the Trustees of the Arthur Stone Dewing Greek Numismatic Foundation
Object Number
1.1965.1204
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Macedonian shield, in center of which head of Pan l. with pedum over shoulder.
Reverse: BASILEWS ANTIGONOU; Archaistic Athena l. helmeted, holding shield and hurling thunderbolt; to l., Macedonian helmet; to r., symbol (H with small L below/inside).

Verification Level

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