A Rare Variety
KINGS of MACEDON. Demetrios I Poliorketes. 306-283 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.23 g, 7h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 294-290 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, thunderbolt above Z; below throne, dolphin left. Newell –; Price 501 var. (dolphin right); Ehrhardt Group 5, 55; CNG 100, lot 1334 (same dies); HGC 3, –. Toned, struck with somewhat worn obverse die. Near EF. Rare variety.
