Tetradrachm - Demetrius I Poliorcetes Amphipolis

Features

Issuer	Kingdom of Macedonia
King	Demetrius I Poliorcetes (294 BC - 288 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	292 BC - 291 BC
Value	Tetradrachm (4)
Currency	Attic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	17.17 g
Diameter	27.5 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 465996
References	Newell# 100 Edward Theodore Newell; 1927. The Coinage of Demetrius Poliorcetes. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom. , AGCO# newell.demetrius.100 Antigonid Coins Online (https://numismatics.org/agco/) , HGC 3.1# 1013b 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.

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Obverse

Diademed and horned head right.

Reverse

Poseidon Pelagaios seated left on rock, holding aphlaston in extended right hand and trident in left; to inner left, monogram above Z; monogram to inner right.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ

Mint

Amphipolis, Macedonia, modern-day Amfipoli, Greece

Marks

	Lorber Monogram 27
	Price Monogram 495

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (292 BC - 291 BC)							$ 1500	$ 2500

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	CNG Auction 121 Lot 210	6 Oct 2022	XF	USD 4000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Auction 120 Lot 168	11 May 2022	XF	USD 3000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Gemini Auction XIV Lot 126	18 Apr 2018	XF	USD 2500.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Berk 128, 29 August 2002, lot 82
© Gemini Numismatic Auctions LLC
	Solidus Numismatik Auktion 8 Lot 74	23 Apr 2016	XF	USD 2090.69 (EUR 1800.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Solidus Numismatik e.K.
	CNG Triton XI Lot 130	8 Jan 2008	XF	USD 1205.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Mail Bid Sale 75 Lot 146	23 May 2007	XF	USD 1600.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Mail Bid Sale 73 Lot 159	13 Sep 2006	XF	USD 2100.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Triton IX Lot 821	9 Jan 2006	XF	USD 1700.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Gorny & Mosch Auction 107 Lot 129	2 Apr 2001	XF	USD 1425.21 (DEM 2400.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Gorny & Mosch GmbH Giessener Münzhandlung
	Gorny & Mosch Auction 302 Lot 123	4 Mar 2024	VF	USD 1509.95 (EUR 1300.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Gorny & Mosch GmbH Giessener Münzhandlung