Gemini III, January 9th, 2007



                  Lot # 107Estimate: US$5000
                  MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Demetrius Poliorcetes. Silver tetradrachm 



             



            MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Demetrius Poliorcetes. (305-283 BC). Silver 
            tetradrachm (17.21 gm). Chalcis, Ca. 290–287 BC, or later. Diademed 
            head of Demetrius right, with bull’s horn / BAÓIËEÙÓ ÄHMHTÑIOÕ, 
            Poseidon standing left, right foot on rock, resting right arm on 
            thigh and holding trident with left hand, K in outer left field, 
            grape cluster in outer right field. Newell 150, pl. xv, 17 (same 
            obverse die = CLVII). Of the very finest style. Wonderfully centered 
            and beautifully struck. A true masterpiece of Hellenistic art. Mint 
            state. 






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  ... Lot 107 sold for high bid of $6300 [ $7245, or approx 5600.385 EUR, 3694.95 GBP including the 15% buyers fee.] 


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