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| Heritage World Coin Auctions > CSNS Signature Sale 3132 | Auction date: 29 April 2026 |
| Lot number: 31015 Price realized: 12,000 USD (Approx. 10,255 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Ancients MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Demetrius I Poliorcetes (306-283 BC). AV stater (17mm, 8.56 gm, 8h). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 3/5, marks, brushed. Pella, ca. 293-292 BC. Head of Athena right, hair flowing in loose waves and over left shoulder, upswept at temple, wearing triple-crested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, long parallel crest ends, bowl decorated with coiled serpent right / ΔHMHTPIOY / BAΣIΛEΩΣ, Nike standing facing, head left, wreath in outstretched right hand, stylis cradled in left arm; NAΦ monogram in left field below wing, ꞮΔI monogram in right field below wing. Newell 71. Rare. Remarkably fresh dies, meticulously rendered, with subtle brightness in the recesses on otherwise satin surfaces. Ex Nomos, Auction 16 (10 May 2018), lot 73. The most dashing of Alexander's successors, Demetrius I Poliorcetes was the son of the great Macedonian general Antigonus Monopthalmus ("one-eyed"), who served both Philip II and Alexander III the Great. After Alexander's death, Demetrius led armies in support of his father's claim to supreme power. He won an important naval victory in 306 BC at Salamis against the Ptolemaic fleet. He, along with his father, accepted the title Basileos ("king"), ending the fiction that the Diadochi were ruling a united government. In 305 BC, Demetrius subjected Rhodes to a monumental siege, employing the largest and most elaborate artillery engines and battle towers yet constructed. Ultimately unsuccessful, the siege still won him the epithet Poliorcetes ("besieger"), by which he is still known. He had more success ruling Macedon during 301-288 BC, but his extravagance and capricious nature eventually proved his undoing and he spent his waning years in comfortable Seleucid captivity. Still, the dynasty he established endured in Macedon until 168 BC. www.HA.com/TexasAuctioneerLicenseNotice https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/greek-macedonian-kingdom-demetrius-i-poliorcetes-306-283-bc-av-stater-17mm-856-gm-8h-ngc-choice-au-4-5-3-/a/3132-31015.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3132-04292026 HID02906262019 © 2026 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved Certification number: NGC 8663887001 Estimate: 8000-12000 USD |  |
