Lot 3527

Sale 134 · Important Australian, British, World, and Ancient Coins, Banknotes, and Medals

Description

Macedon, Demetrios I Poliorketes, (306-283 B.C.), silver drachm, 17mm, (4.05 g), Ephesos mint, struck c.301-295 B.C., obv. diademed head to right of Demetrios, with bull's horn, rev. below **BASI* and **DEMHTRIOU*, Poseidon advancing left, brandishing trident; complex monogram to left, ivy leaf to inner right, (S.6766 [?550], Newell 57; SNG Alpha Bank -; Pozzi 967; Boston MFA Supp. 51 [same obverse die]). Fine, light scuff on obverse.

Ex CNG eSale 115, May 25, 2005, (lot 19).
This type is a very rare portrait drachm depicting Demetrios.

Estimate
$750
Result Status
Sold
Prices Realised
$550

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