bgr_1095532 - MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - DEMETRIOS POLIORCETES Demi-unité
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Type : Demi-unité
Date: c. 298-283 AC.
Mint name / Town : Atelier incertain
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 13 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,28 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Très belle monnaie sur un flan idéalement centré des deux côtés. Joli revers, bien venu à la frappe. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Poséidon à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Aplustre ; devant, une double hache (labrys).
Reverse legend : BA/ (AR)
Reverse translation : (Roi).
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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