Tetradrachm - Demetrius I Poliorcetes Amphipolis

Features

Issuer	Kingdom of Macedonia
King	Demetrius I Poliorcetes (294 BC - 288 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	289 BC - 288 BC
Value	Tetradrachm (4)
Currency	Attic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	17.16 g
Diameter	29 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 414125
References	Newell# 123 Edward Theodore Newell; 1927. The Coinage of Demetrius Poliorcetes. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom. , AGCO# newell.demetrius.123 Antigonid Coins Online (https://numismatics.org/agco/) , SNG Berry# 340 Margaret Thompson, Robert Ross Holloway, Irwin L. Merker. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Burton Y. Berry Collection. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States (2 volumes). , Pozzi-Boutin# 2012 Serge Boutin; 1992. Catalogue des monnaies grecques antiques de l'ancienne collection Pozzi. Le Louis d'or, Monaco, Monaco (3 volumes). , Hirsch# 1112 Paul Naster; 1959. La collection Lucien de Hirsch. Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium (2 volumes). , HGC 3.1# 1014b Oliver D. Hoover; 2016. Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors / Volume 3, Part 1. Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros: Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Diademed and horned head right.

Reverse

Poseidon Pelagaios standing left, foot on rock, holding trident; monograms to inner left and outer right.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ

Mint

Amphipolis, Macedonia, modern-day Amfipoli, Greece

Marks

	Demetrius Monogram 14
	Price Monogram 280

Comments

Pozzi 959.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (289 BC - 288 BC)							$ 1200	$ 1800

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	Leu Numismatik Auction 17 Lot 282	31 May 2025	XF	USD 2759.25 (CHF 2200.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Roma Numismatics Auction XIV Lot 118	21 Sep 2017	XF	USD 1733.82 (GBP 1300.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Ira & Larry Goldberg Auction 96 Lot 1600	14 Feb 2017	XF	USD 1150.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	Solidus Numismatik Auktion 8 Lot 75	23 Apr 2016	XF	USD 1383.21 (EUR 1200.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Roma Numismatics Auction 7 Lot 456	22 Mar 2014	XF	USD 1333.71 (GBP 1000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Leu Numismatik Web Auction 32 Lot 315	7 Dec 2024	VF	USD 752.52 (CHF 600.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Electronic Auction 564 Lot 62	19 Jun 2024	VF	USD 2250.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Auction 121 Lot 212	6 Oct 2022	VF	USD 1700.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Triton XXIV Lot 485	19 Jan 2021	VF	USD 1500.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Electronic Auction 452 Lot 170	18 Sep 2019	VF	USD 650.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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