From the Gemini IV Auction, Closed January 8, 2008.



                  Lot # 88 - Auction is closed.Estimate: US$3000 / Price 
                  Realized: US$5000 
                  MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Demetrius Poliorcetes. Silver tetradrachm 



             



            MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Demetrius Poliorcetes. (305-283 BC). Silver 
            tetradrachm (17.18 gm). Amphipolis, ca. 289/8 BC. Diademed head of 
            Demetrius right, with bull’s horn / [Â] ÁÓÉËÅÙÓ ÄÇÌÇÔÑÉÏÕ, nude 
            Poseidon standing left, right foot on rock, resting right arm on 
            thigh and holding trident in left hand, ÅÕÖ monogram in outer left 
            field, MHT monogram in outer right field (mostly off flan). Newell 
            121, obverse die CXXIV, cf. pl. xii, 12. Pleasant portrait struck in 
            high relief. Old collection toning. Extremely fine. 




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  ... Lot 88 sold for high bid of $5000 [ $5750, or approx 3967.5 EUR, 2932.5 GBP including the 15% buyers fee.] 

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