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| Heritage World Coin Auctions > CSNS Signature Sale 3132 | Auction date: 29 April 2026 |
| Lot number: 32015 Price realized: 6,500 USD (Approx. 5,555 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). AR tetradrachm (25mm, 17.07 gm, 3h). NGC AU 5/5 - 3/5, Fine Style. Tarsus, ca. 298-295 BC. Nike standing left on prow of galley left, sounding trumpet in right hand, stylis cradled in left arm; eye on prow / ΔHMHTPIOY / BA-ΣIΛEΩΣ, Poseidon advancing left, nude, seen from behind, brandishing trident in right hand, net or chlamys draped over extended left arm; AN monogram in large Φ in left field, ΠAP monogram in right field. SNG Alpha Bank -. SNG Copenhagen -. Newell 36, 38 var. (symbol in right field). HGC 3.1, 1012b. Cf. Numismatica Ars Classica, Autumn Sale 2025 (9 November 20205), lot 2179 for same type. Handsome dies with touches of copper toning. 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. This dynamic tetradrachm type was struck at several mints in honor of the great naval victory over Ptolemy at Salamis, with the obverse image of Nike matching closely with the famous marble statue of the winged goddess found at Samothrace and now housed in the Louvre. The reverse image of Poseidon is rendered here in wonderful style, an undeniable masterpiece of anatomical relief sculpture in miniature. www.HA.com/TexasAuctioneerLicenseNotice https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/greek-macedonian-kingdom-demetrius-i-poliorcetes-306-283-bc-ar-tetradrachm-25mm-1707-gm-3h-ngc-au-5-5-3-5/a/3132-32015.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3132-04292026 HID02906262019 © 2026 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved Certification number: NGC 6557505004 |  |
