Freeman & Sear - Mail Bid Sale 15



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                        Lot: 57

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                        MACEDONIAN KINGDOM: Demetrius Poliorcetes. (306–283 BC). 
                        AR tetradrachm.

                        MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Demetrius Poliorcetes (306–283 BC). 
                        AR tetradrachm (16.42 gm). Pella, ca. 289–autumn 288 BC. 
                        Diademed head of Demetrius right with bull’s horn / 
                        [B]ΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ, Poseidon standing left, right foot 
                        on rock, resting right arm on thigh and holding trident 
                        with left hand, EK monogram in outer left field. Newell 
                        89 (LXXIX/147), pl. viii, 8 (same dies). Patches of 
                        roughness and evidence of attempted smoothing. Light 
                        scratches overall. Very fine 

                        Ex Albert M. Potts Collection; ex Kricheldorf XIX, June 
                        1968, lot 239. 
                        Estimated Value: $ 275 



  ... Lot 57 sold for high bid of $560 [ $644, or approx 405.72 EUR, 322 GBP including the 15% buyers fee.] 


From the Freeman & Sear Mail Bid Sale 15, Closed June 27, 2008.
By permission of Freeman & Sear, www.freemanandsear,com.