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E-auction 245-168272 - bgr_465567 - MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - DEMETRIOS POLIORCETES Demi-unité

MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - DEMETRIOS POLIORCETES Demi-unité VG/VF
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Estimate : 20 €
Price : 6 €
Maximum bid : 10 €
End of the sale : 25 December 2017 14:02:00
bidders : 3 bidders
Type : Demi-unité
Date: c. 294-284 AC.
Mint name / Town : Atelier incertain, Macédoine
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 16 mm
Weight : 3,99 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan à l’usure très importante au droit, identifiable au revers. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse description : Monogramme placé au centre d'un bouclier macédonien.

Reverse


Reverse description : Casque macédonien vu de face ; un croissant dans le champ.
Reverse legend : BA-SI
Reverse translation : (Roi).

Commentary


L’attribution de ce type semble incertaine et non confirmée bien que Démétrius Poliorcète semble probable.
The attribution of this type seems uncertain and unconfirmed although Demetrius Poliorcetes seems likely

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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