KINGS OF MACEDON Demetrios I Poliorketes, 306-283 BC

Tetradrachm (Silver, 29 mm, 16.94 g, 12 h), Amphipolis, c. 289-8 BC. Diademed and horned head of Demetrios I to right. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ Poseidon standing to left, resting right foot on rock, holding trident in left hand and resting right on leg. HGC 3.1, 1014b. Newell 121. Toned. Ancient test cut, otherwise, very fine.

From a German collection assembled during the second half of the 20th century, ex Hirsch 79, 27 June 1972, 58.