E-auction 549-476236 - bgr_873385 - MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - DEMETRIOS POLIORCETES Drachme
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| Estimate : | 200 € |
| Price : | 160 € |
| Maximum bid : | 180 € |
| End of the sale : | 23 October 2023 14:04:40 |
| bidders : | 7 bidders |
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 295 AC.
Mint name / Town : Ionie, Milet
Metal : silver
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 4,11 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. Joli portrait d’Héraklès. Usure régulière. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête imberbe d'Héraklès à droite, coiffée de la léonté, nouée sous le cou ; grènetis circulaire perlé.
Reverse
Reverse description : Zeus aétophore assis à gauche sur un siège sans dossier, les jambes croisées, nu jusqu'à la ceinture, tenant un aigle posé sur sa main droite et un long sceptre bouleté de la gauche ; dans le champ à gauche, la crinière d’un casque ; sous le trône, hache bipenne (labrys).
Reverse legend : ALEXANDROU
Historical background
MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - DEMETRIOS POLIORCETES
(301-288 BC)
Coinage in the name of Alexander III the Great type
Demetrius, is the son of Antigone le Borgne who was killed at the battle of Ipsos in 301 BC. He crushed the fleet of Ptolemy at the battle of Salamis in Cyprus (The statue of the Victory of Samothrace). A great strategist, he received the nickname of Poliorcète (the besieger). King of Macedonia after the death of Cassander, in 294 BC, he was dethroned by Lysimachus and Pyrrhus and died a prisoner of Antiochus in Syria (283 BC)..
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