Ancients
MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Demetrius I Poliorcetes (306-283 BC). AR tetradrachm (32mm, 16.76 gm, 1h). NGC XF 5/5 - 3/5. Amphipolis, Series 5, ca. 290-289 BC. Diademed head of Demetrius I right, with bull's horn / BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΔHMHTPIOY, Poseidon, nude, standing left, grounded trident in left hand, leaning with right arm on leg with right foot on rock; complex monogram in inner left field, KA monogram in inner right field. Newell 119. Attractive cabinet toning with a halo of iridescence around the devices.
From the Dean Kinzer Collection. Ex Edgar Owen, private sale with old dealer's tag; Giessener Münzhandlung Dieter Gorny, Auction 22 (May 1982), lot 54
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