| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 163 Price realized: 5,000 USD (Approx. 4,580 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: KINGS of MACEDON. Demetrios I Poliorketes. 306-283 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31.5mm, 17.05 g, 3h). Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 289-288 BC. Diademed and horned head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY, Poseidon Pelagaios, nude, standing left, right foot propped on rock, holding trident in left hand, right arm resting on leg; monograms to outer left and right. Newell 124 (obv. die CXXII); HGC 3, 1014b; Hirsch 1113 (same obv. die); Hunt Sale II 389 (this coin). Old collection tone, with areas of iridescence. Near EF. Well-detailed figure of Poseidon. Ex Edward J. Waddell inventory 45780 (ND; his ticket included); Leu 61 (17 May 1995), lot 110; Classical Numismatic Review XV.4 (4th Quarter 1990), no. 17; Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection (Part II, Sotheby's New York, 21 June 1990), lot 389; Numismatic Fine Arts X (17 September 1981), lot 120. Estimate: 1500 USD |  |
