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MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Demetrius I Poliorcetes (306-283 BC). AV stater (18mm, 8.53 gm, 12h). NGC Choice XF, 5/5 - 2/5, ex-jewelry, scuffs. Lifetime issue of Tarsus, ca. 298-295 BC. Head of Athena right, hair in four tight corkscrew curls and falling loose over left shoulder, wearing triple-crested Corinthian helmet with long divergent crest ends pushed back on head, the bowl decorated with coiled serpent right / ∆HMHTPIOY / ΒΑ-ΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Nike standing facing, head left, wreath in outstretched right hand, stylis cradled in left arm; I in left field below wing, ANΦ monogram in right field below wing. Cf. Newell 35 (obverse die H, letter and monogram reversed). Apparently an unrecorded variety of the very rare series in the name of Demetrius.
Ex Dr. Lawrence A. Adams Collection (Classical Numismatic Group, Classical Numismatic Review XLI.1, Spring 2016), lot 419778; Robert Weimer Collection (Triton IV, 5 December 2000), lot 174
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Estimate: 5000-7000 USD
MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Demetrius I Poliorcetes (306-283 BC). AV stater (18mm, 8.53 gm, 12h). NGC Choice XF, 5/5 - 2/5, ex-jewelry, scuffs. Lifetime issue of Tarsus, ca. 298-295 BC. Head of Athena right, hair in four tight corkscrew curls and falling loose over left shoulder, wearing triple-crested Corinthian helmet with long divergent crest ends pushed back on head, the bowl decorated with coiled serpent right / ∆HMHTPIOY / ΒΑ-ΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Nike standing facing, head left, wreath in outstretched right hand, stylis cradled in left arm; I in left field below wing, ANΦ monogram in right field below wing. Cf. Newell 35 (obverse die H, letter and monogram reversed). Apparently an unrecorded variety of the very rare series in the name of Demetrius.
Ex Dr. Lawrence A. Adams Collection (Classical Numismatic Group, Classical Numismatic Review XLI.1, Spring 2016), lot 419778; Robert Weimer Collection (Triton IV, 5 December 2000), lot 174
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-macedonian-kingdom-demetrius-i-poliorcetes-306-283-bc-av-stater-18mm-853-gm-12h-ngc-choice-xf-5-5/a/3089-32037.s?type=CoinArchives3089
HID02906262019
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Estimate: 5000-7000 USD