Watch List notes:

Macedonia, Demetrius Poliorcetes. Tetradrachm; Macedonia, Demetrius Poliorcetes; 294-288 BC. Tyre, c. 298-295 BC, Tetradrachm, 17.01g. CNG 72, 14 June 2006, lot 472 (different dies); not in Newell, who knew only a gold stater with these monograms (no. 33). Obv: Prow l., surmounted by Nike advancing l. holding trumpet and stylis. Rx: ????????? downwards on r., ??S - ???OS below; Poseidon, naked but for chlamys wrapped around his outstretched l. arm, striding l. and brandishing trident with his raised r. arm; monograms AI in circle in l. field, ?AP in r. field. Cf. also Leu 86, 5 May 2003, lot 364: a tetradrachm like ours with the same two monograms, which have however swapped their positions in the left and right fields.This coin from the Tyre mint is so scarce it was not in Newell's monumental work on the coins of Demetrius Poliorcetes. EF

Estimate: $2400