CNG 85, Lot: 306. Estimate $5000. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Demetrios I Poliorketes. 306-283 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.24 g, 7h). Pella mint. Struck circa 294-293 BC. Nike, blowing trumpet and cradling stylis in her left arm, standing left on prow of galley left / Poseidon Pelagaios standing left, preparing to throw trident; monogram to left; to right, dolphin left above star. Newell 68 (obv. die LVII); Triton XI, 128 (same dies). Superb EF, lustrous.