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KINGS OF MACEDON, Antigonos II Gonatas 

277/6-239 BCE, struck after 270 BCE, Amphipolis mint

AR tetradrachm, 31mm, 17.06 g 

Obv: head of Pan in center of Macedonian shield, lagobolon over shoulder; shield decorated with stars within crescents

Rev: BASILEWS ANTIGONOU, Athena Alkidemos walking left, brandishing thunderbolt and shield; helmet left, EMP monogram right 

Ref:  SNGCop 1200v, EMP (maybe); R. Martin, "A Third-Century B.C. Hoard from Thessaly at the ANS," ANSMN 26, 536 (same obv. die).

ex Demetrios Armounta Collection

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