TROAS, Ilion. Circa 185-late 70s/early 60s BC. AR Tetradrachm (37.5mm, 16.49 g, 12h). Demetrios, son of Hermokrates, president of the agonothetai. VF.

CNG Feature Auction 132
Lot: 354. Estimated: $ 1 000

Greek, 12h, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver

Sold For $ 2 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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TROAS, Ilion. Circa 185-late 70s/early 60s BC. AR Tetradrachm (37.5mm, 16.49 g, 12h). Demetrios, son of Hermokrates, president of the agonothetai. Helmeted head of Athena right / The Palladion: Athena Ilias standing right, holding distaff and filleted spear; two monograms to inner left, kithara to inner right. Unpublished. Lightly toned, crimped flan, with stress cracks and slight wave to flan, chipping around edge, a couple of scrapes on obverse. VF. Apparently unique.

Ex Wayne Scheible Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 126, 28 May 2024), lot 220.

A note from Aneurin Ellis-Evans on this coin: “New obverse die, new signer. The lower of the two monograms is shared with issues dated to the 70s BC signed by Demetrios (Bellinger T119), Philokles and Philon (Bellinger T55), and Hegesidemos s. Diophanes (Bellinger T54). The style of the obverse die is somewhat similar to those latter two issues and also Mnaseas s. Demetrios, Bellinger T103 (all different dies) and the condition of the flan ... is also precisely what we see in the examples we have of Philokles and Philon and Hegesidemos s. Diophanes (see, e.g., ANS inv. 1953.54.14). So a precisely dateable issue from close to the end of the series (which I would now date to the late 70s/early 60s...).”

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CNG Feature Auction 132 – Session Two – Lot 319-587 will be held Monday afternoon, 18 May 2026 beginning at 2:00 PM ET.

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