Biblical & Jewish Coins
Lot 1762 Session 6 (9.30am Thursday) Biblical & Jewish Coins
Estimate $1,300
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MACEDON, kingdom of Demetrios Poliorketes, (294 - Autumn 288 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.900 grams), Pella mint, c.289-8 B.C., obv. diademed and horned head of Demetrios to right, rev. Poseidon standing to left, holding trident, right foot on rock, to right **BASILEWS, to left **DHMHTRIOU, monogram KPE (KP reversed) in far left field, (cf.S.6764 [£650], Newell 89 different obverse die, Hunter 6, SNG Ash. 3250). Attractive light tone, good very fine and rare.
Ex Spink and Son, London with their ticket and Noble Numismatics Sale 56 (lot 1822). Newell describes seven coins of this type with these monograms, the dies of this coin not published in his corpus.
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Lot 1760
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Lot 1761
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Lot 1762 This lot
MACEDON, kingdom of Demetrios Poliorketes, (294 - Autumn 288 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.900 grams), Pella ...
Estimate $1,300
Lot 1763
MACEDON, kingdom of Demetrios Poliorketes, (294 - Autumn 288 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.820 grams), Amphipolis ...
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Lot 1764
MACEDON, Kingdom of, Antigonos Doson, (229-221 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.002 grams), obv. Head of Poseidon ...
Estimate $3,000