Gemini III, January 9th, 2007



                  Lot # 106Estimate: US$3500
                  MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Demetrius Poliorcetes. Tetradrachm 



             



            MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Demetrius Poliorcetes. (305-283 BC). Tetradrachm 
            (17.14g). Amphipolis, Ca. 291–290 BC. Diademed head of Demetrius 
            right, with bull’s horn / BAÓIËEÙÓ ÄHMHTÑIOÕ, Poseidon seated left 
            on rock, holding aphlaston in extended right hand and trident in 
            left, EÕÖ monogram in inner left field, ÄÑ monogram in inner right 
            field. Newell 110, pl. x, 4 (same obverse die = XCIX). Excellent 
            portrait struck in high relief. Good extremely fine. 






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  ... Lot 106 sold for high bid of $4500 [ $5175, or approx 4000.275 EUR, 2639.25 GBP including the 15% buyers fee.] 


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