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Plated drachm of Antigonus II Gonatas of Macedonia

Plated drachm of Antigonus II Gonatas of Macedonia

r. 277/6 BCE-239 BCE

Antigonos II Gonatas

Greek

Obverse: Head of Zeus r. wearing oak wreath, or Poseidon with seaweed wreath? Reverse: BASILEWS ANTIGONOU; Archaistic Athena l. helmeted, holding shield and hurling thunderbolt; to l., Macedonian helmet between palm branches; to r., TI.

Silver plated

Hellenistic period

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