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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.1965.1205
People
Antigonos II Gonatas, Greek (r. 277/6 BCE-239 BCE)
Title
Plated drachm 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/188127

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver plated
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
3.73 g
Die Axis
9
Denomination
drachm
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Reverse Inscription: BASILEWS ANTIGONOU

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Muenz. u. Med. FPL 227, November 1962, 454

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
cf. SNGAlpha 984-985

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
1.1965.1205
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
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.

Verification Level

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