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	Drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	17.01 g
Diameter	27 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 414758
References	Newell# 103 Edward Theodore Newell; 1927. The Coinage of Demetrius Poliorcetes. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom. , SNG Copenhagen# 1176 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , SNG Munich 10# 1047 Katerine Liampe; 2001. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Staatliche Münzsammlung München / Heft 10-11. Makedonien Könige. Gebr. Mann, Berlin, Germany.

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 outer right.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ

Mint

Amphipolis, Macedonia, modern-day Amfipoli, Greece

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

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