Live auction - bgr_394514 - MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - DEMETRIOS POLIORCETES Tétradrachme
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| Estimate : | 1 500 € |
| Price : | 1 170 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 380 € |
| End of the sale : | 28 June 2016 14:13:40 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 290-289 AC
Mint name / Town : Macédoine, Pella
Metal : silver
Diameter : 31,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 16,69 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large avec les grènetis visibles. Belle tête de Démétrius. Joli revers équilibré à l’usure régulière. Patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Alain Weil de février 2006, N° 144 et de la collection D. C
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de Démétrius Poliorcète diadémée à droite, ornée de cornes de taureau.
Reverse
Reverse description : Poséidon nu, debout à gauche, le pied droit posé sur un rocher, le bras droit posé sur son genou et tenant un trident de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ DHMHTRIOU/ (ERK)/ (DR).
Reverse translation : (du roi Démétrius).
Commentary
Sur cet exemplaire, outre la corne de taureau qui est particulièrement bien venue à la frappe, le portrait semble réaliste. Nous n’avons pas relevé d’identité de coin pertinente.
Historical background
MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - DEMETRIOS POLIORCETES
(294-288 BC)
Coinage in the name of Demetrios type
Demetrius, son of Antigone le Borgne who was killed at the Battle of Ipsos in 301 BC, crushed Ptolemy's fleet at the Battle of Salamis (The Victory of Samothrace statue). A great strategist, he received the title 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 AC.).
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