bgr_986795 - MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - DEMETRIOS POLIORCETES Demi-unité
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Type : Demi-unité
Date: c. 298-295 AC.
Mint name / Town : Tarse, Cilicie
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 12 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,83 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan court, centré. Joli revers. Usure importante mais régulière. Patine foncée
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Obverse
Obverse description : Tête masculine ? casquée à droite, coiffée du casque corinthien.
Reverse
Reverse description : Proue de galère à droite ; devant, un asphlaton.
Reverse legend : BA// (AI) C
Reverse translation : (Roi).
Commentary
L’attribution à Démétrius Poliorcète est attestée. Au droit, nous pourrions avoir une tête de Démetrius lui même (Newell) plutôt que celle d’Athéna.
The attribution to Demetrius Poliorcetes is attested. Right, we could have a head of Demetrius himself (Newell) rather than that of Athena
The attribution to Demetrius Poliorcetes is attested. Right, we could have a head of Demetrius himself (Newell) rather than that of Athena
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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