Triton XVII, Lot: 172. Estimate $1500. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Demetrios I Poliorketes. 306-283 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 16.97 g, 11h). Chalkis mint. Struck circa 289-288 BC. Diademed and horned head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY, Poseidon Pelagaios, nude, standing left, right foot propped on rock, holding trident in left hand, right arm resting on leg; K to outer left, grape bunch on vine to outer right. Newell 150 (unlisted dies); SNG Alpha Bank 953; Meydancikkale 2585; Leu 30, lot 95 (same obv. die). EF, underlying luster, insignificant die break on jaw. Well centered.