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                                Sale: CNG 61, Lot: 489. Closing Date: Sep 25, 
                                2002. MACEDON, Kings of. Demetrios Poliorketes. 
                                BID Estimate $750  

                              MACEDON, Kings of. Demetrios Poliorketes. 306-285 
                              BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.86 gm). Thebes mint. Struck 
                              circa 289-287 BC. Diademed and horned head of 
                              Demetrios right / Nude Poseidon standing left with 
                              right foot on rock, holding trident in left hand; 
                              monogram to right. Newell 141 var. (monogram in 
                              circle, same monogram as 142 -- a hemidrachm). 
                              Good VF, minor smoothing in reverse fields. Fine 
                              artistic style and one of the most realistic and 
                              lifelike portraits of Demetrios. ($750) 
                              Ex Classical Numismatic Group Auction 47 (16 
                              September 1998), lot 219.






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Lot sold for  $1050, plus buyers fees.

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