KINGS OF MACEDON. Demetrios I Poliorketes, 306-283 BC


KINGS OF MACEDON. Demetrios I Poliorketes, 306-283 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 28 mm, 17.18 g, 12 h), Pella, circa 290-289 BC. Diademed and horned head of Demetrios I to right. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ - ΔHMHTPIOY Poseidon, nude, standing left, his right foot set on a rock, holding trident in his left hand and resting his right on his right knee; to outer left and right, monograms. HGC 3.1, 1014a. Newell 85. Rare. Attractive iridescent toning and with a portrait of particularly fine style. Die break on the obverse, otherwise, about extremely fine.


From a Bavarian collection, formed in the early 2000s.


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