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416, Lot: 101. Estimate $300.
Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Demetrios I Poliorketes. 306-283 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 17.14 g, 6h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Corinth mint. Struck circa 304/3-290 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left on throne decorated with Nikai; in left field, Demeter standing left, holding cornucopia and phiale; EX below throne. Newell –; Price 692; Noe, Sicyon 36.2 var. (A74/P142 [unlisted die combination, obv. die not listed for issue]); HGC 3, 1009 var. (unlisted mint). Good VF, lightly toned, underlying luster, slightly off center, struck with worn obverse die.


From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 159789 (January 2006).