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Triton XXV  11-12 Jan 2022
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Lot 169

Estimate: 3000 USD
Price realized: 7500 USD
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KINGS of MACEDON. Demetrios I Poliorketes. 306-283 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 17.08 g, 12h). Demetrias mint. Struck circa 294/0-288 BC. Diademed and horned head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY, Poseidon Pelagaios, nude, standing left, head facing, right foot propped on rock, holding trident in left hand, right arm resting on leg; monograms to lower left and lower right. Newell – (unlisted issue, but struck from obv. die CXLVI); HGC 3, 1014e; CNG 87, lot 393 (same obv. die). Struck from worn dies, scuff and light scratches on obverse, minor doubling on reverse. EF. Extremely rare, only the second known from this issue, and one of only three with Poseidon's head facing on the reverse.

From the Tareq Hani Collection.
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