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Live auction - bgr_452294 - MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - DEMETRIOS POLIORCETES Tétradrachme

MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - DEMETRIOS POLIORCETES Tétradrachme AU/AU
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Estimate : 1 800 €
Price : no bid
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 12 December 2017 14:09:46
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 289-288 AC
Mint name / Town : Pella, Macédoine
Metal : silver
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 17,21 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale bien centré avec les grènetis visibles. Belle tête de Démétrius un peu court sur le cou. Frappe un peu molle et tréflée du revers. Patine de collection avec des reflets dorés
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock d’Hubert Lanz et de la collection Laurent F

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de Démétrius Poliorcète diadémée à droite, ornée de cornes de taureau.

Reverse


Reverse description : Poséidon nu, debout à gauche, le pied droit posé sur un rocher, le bras droit posé sur son genou et tenant un trident de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS / DHMHTRIOU/ (KRE)/ (HR)
Reverse translation : (du roi Démétrius).

Commentary


Nous n’avons pas relevé d’identité de coin pertinente pour ce type.
We did not find any relevant corner identity for this type

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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