304, Lot: 53. Estimate $300. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Demetrios I Poliorketes. 306-283 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.58 g, 6h). Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 289–288 BC. Diademed head right, with bull’s horn / Poseidon Pelagaios standing left, foot propped on rock, holding trident; monograms to outer left and right. Newell 122 (dies CXVIII/238). Fine, lightly toned, minor roughness on obverse.
From the Demetrios Armounta Collection. Ex Heritage (2 June 2006), lot 12021.