bgr_1143469 - MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - DEMETRIOS POLIORCETES Drachme
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Type : Drachme
Date: c. 298-294 AC
Mint name / Town : Cilicie, Tarse
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,02 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Usure importante mais régulière. Joli revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Niké debout à gauche, sur une proue de bateau, tenant un stylis de la main gauche et une trompette de la droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Poséidon nu, marchant à gauche, vu de dos, tenant son manteau de la main gauche et brandissant un trident de la main droite .
Reverse legend : BASI-LEW-S / DHMHTRIOU/
Reverse translation : (du roi Démétrios).
Commentary
Monnaie commémorant la victoire navale de Samothrace dont on peut voir la statue au Musée du Louvre à Paris.
Coin commemorating the naval victory of Samothrace, a statue of which can be seen in the Louvre Museum in Paris
Coin commemorating the naval victory of Samothrace, a statue of which can be seen in the Louvre Museum in Paris
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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