Freeman & Sear - Gemini I, Session 1



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                        Lot: 90

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                        MACEDONIAN KINGDOM: Demetrius Poliorcetes. 306-283/2 BC, 
                        king of Macedon 294/3-288 BC. AR tetradrachm (16.93 gm).

                        MACEDONIAN KINGDOM: Demetrius Poliorcetes (306-283/2, 
                        king of Macedon 294/3-288 BC). Silver tetradrachm (16.93 
                        gm). Perhaps Abydus, ca. 300 BC. Head of young Heracles 
                        right in lion skin headdress / DHMHTRIOU BASILEWS, Zeus 
                        enthroned left, holding eagle on extended right hand and 
                        scepter in left, ram head left in left field. Newell 64, 
                        pl. vi, 13 (same obverse die). Extremely rare. Nearly 
                        extremely fine 

                        Newell noted that at the probable time of issue of this 
                        coin, Demetrius was mustering his fleet at the Thracian 
                        Chersonesus and campaigning against Lysimachus. Newell 
                        thus proposed a mint in the general region of the 
                        Propontis, specifically naming Abydus, a possession of 
                        Demetrius. Lysimachus besieged Abydus, but Demetrius 
                        relieved the city by sea and Lysimachus withdrew 
                        (Diodorus 20.107.2-3). 
                        Estimated Value: $ 3,000 




...Sold for $3,500 USD [ approx 2660 EUR, 1855 GBP ] plus 15% buyers fee. 

Gemini I Auction Closed Jan 11-12, 2005. 

Re-used by permission of Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com) 
                      and Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com).