Antigonos I Monophthalmos Drachm AR, 320-301 BC. Kingdom of Macedon, Kolophon

Antigonos I Monophthalmos Drachm AR, 320-301 BC. Kingdom of Macedon, Kolophon

Lot 059 · Consigned by Robbigon

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Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress., Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre, crescent beneath throne., Struck as Strategos or king of Asia, in the name and types of Alexander III. Kolophon mint.

Antigonus I Monophthalmus was a Macedonian general and the founder of the Antigonid dynasty, reigning as king from 306 to 301 BC. He was a prominent figure in the Wars of the Diadochi following Alexander the Great's death and is known for his military leadership and control over significant territories of Alexander's former empire in ruling over Greece, Asia minor, Syria, Phoenicia and northern Mesopotamia.