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Live auction - bgr_1041709 - MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - DEMETRIOS POLIORCETES Statère d'or

MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - DEMETRIOS POLIORCETES Statère d or AU
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Estimate : 6 000 €
Price : 3 500 €
Maximum bid : 3 500 €
End of the sale : 23 September 2025 14:10:25
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Statère d'or
Date: c. 305-290 AC.
Mint name / Town : Tyr, Phénicie
Metal : gold
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 8,31 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Superbe monnaie sur un flan idéalement centré des deux côtés. Très beau revers, finement détaillé. Patine de collectino
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête casquée d'Athéna à droite, coiffée du casque corinthien à aigrette, orné d'un serpent ; les cheveux tombant sur la nuque en mèches mêlées.

Reverse


Reverse description : Niké debout à gauche, les ailes déployées, tenant de la main droite une couronne et de la gauche la stylis ; dans le champ à gauche, un monogramme dans un cercle ; dans le champ en bas à droite, un monogramme dans un cercle.
Reverse legend : ALEXANDROU

Commentary


Émission posthume.
Posthumous issue

Historical background


MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - DEMETRIOS POLIORCETES

(301-288 BC)

Coinage in the name of Alexander III the Great type

Demetrius, is the son of Antigone le Borgne who was killed at the battle of Ipsos in 301 BC. He crushed the fleet of Ptolemy at the battle of Salamis in Cyprus (The statue of the Victory of Samothrace). A great strategist, he received the nickname 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 BC)..

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