Kings of Macedon
Demetrios I Poliorketes, 306-283 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 28 mm, 17.07 g), Amphipolis, c. 292-291. Diademed head of Demetrios to right, wearing bull’s horn above his forehead. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ Poseidon, nude to the waist, seated left on a pile of rocks, holding aplustre in his right hand and trident with his left; in inner field to left, monogram of ΑΡΤ over Ξ; in field to right, monogram of ΚΑ. Newell 106. Attractive, with a bold portrait in high relief. Nearly extremely fine.