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Up for auction is a Greek bronze ae16 Macedonian coin of King Antigonos II from 271-239 BC.
Diameter: 16mm
ID#836e (UK)
MINT: Amphipolis
OBVERSE; NONE
- Macedonian shield with monogram of Antigonos in boss.
REVERSE; BA ΣΙ
- Crested Macedonian helmet.
Reference: SNG Alpha Bank 1002
Antigonus II Gonatas, (born c. 320 BC—died 239), king of Macedonia from 276 BC who rebuilt his kingdom’s power and established its hegemony over Greece.
Antigonus II was the son of Demetrius I Poliorcetes and grandson of Antigonus I. While Demetrius was busy fighting in Macedonia and Asia Minor, Antigonus, as his regent, was engaged in maintaining Macedonian hegemony in Greece, which had been achieved in 287 BC. Demetrius was taken prisoner in 285 by Seleucus I, who then claimed the Macedonian kingship. This contested title was assumed by Antigonus himself on the death of his father two years later; however, he did not count the beginning of his reign until 276. Although he had only a few bases in Greece, Antigonus laid claim to Macedonia when Seleucus was murdered in 281. His claim was disputed by Seleucus’ successor, Antiochus I. Antigonus took part in the defense of Greece against the invading Celts (279). In the following year he concluded a peace with Antiochus, surrendering his claim to Macedonia. Thereafter Antigonus’ foreign policy was marked by friendship with the Seleucids.
In 277 he crossed the Hellespont and defeated the Celts near Lysimacheia. After this success he was acknowledged king by the Macedonians in 276. Pyrrhus, returning in 274 after the failure of his campaign in Italy, drove Antigonus out of Upper Macedonia and Thessaly. Although he retained only a few Macedonian cities, Antigonus followed Pyrrhus of Epirus when the latter marched into the Peloponnese; and when Pyrrhus died in Argos in 272, Antigonus’ control over Macedonia was assured. He was now also the chief of the Thessalian League and on good terms with neighbouring Illyria and Thrace. He secured his position in Greece by keeping Macedonian occupation forces in the cities of Corinth, Chalcis on Euboea, and Demetrias in Thessaly, the three “shackles” of Hellas.
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