Watch List notes:

KINGS of MACEDON. Demetrios I Poliorketes. 306-283 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 17.18 g, 9h). Pella mint. Struck circa 294-293 BC. Nike standing left on prow of galley left, blowing trumpet she holds in her right hand and cradling stylis in her left arm / BA-ΣIΛEΩ-[Σ] ΔHMHTPIOY, Poseidon Pelagaios standing left, seen from behind, preparing to throw trident held aloft in his right hand, chlamys draped over extended left arm; monogram to left; to right, dolphin left above star. Newell 68 (obv. die LVII); SNG München 1042 (same obv. die); Dewing 1196 (same obv. die). Superb EF, even gray tone with light iridescence around the devices, a bit off center, a little die wear on obverse.


Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 29 (11 May 2005), lot 160.