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Auction: 1012 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins & Commemorative Medals
Lot: 1242

Kingdom of Macedon, Demetrios Poliorketes (306-288 BC), AR Tetradrachm, 16.66g, Tarsos, c.298-295 BC, Nike standing left on prow of war-galley left, blowing trumpet and holding stylis, rev. baie hmhtpioy, naked Poseidon striding left, chlamys wound round left arm, brandishing trident in right hand, monogram in circle on left, x behind (Newell, The Coinage of Demetrius Poliorcetes, 38), extremely fine Estimate £ 2,000-2,500

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