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Lot 4165    SESSION 16 (9.30AM THURSDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER)    Greek Silver & Bronze Coins - Celtic - Susanian

Estimate $600
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $500

MACEDON, Kingdom of, Demetrios Poliorketes, (294 - Autumn 288 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.51 g), Amphipolis Mint, struck 289-288 (Autumn), obv. diademed and horned head of Demetrios to right, dotted border, rev. Poseidon standing to left, holding trident, right foot on rock, on right, **BASILEWS*, on left side **DHMHTRIOU*, to left monogram, **DR* monogram to right, dotted border, (cf.S.6764, Newell Series VI, type 124, dies CXXVII/264-266, cf.Pl.XIII [same obverse die], cf.Pozzi [1921 sale], No.96, HGC 3, 1014.b [S]). Bright, some surface roughness, otherwise very fine and very scarce.

Ex Freeman & Sear, December 4, 2003 and part of a hoard of 250-300 coins examined by Arthur Houghton and Cathy Lorber with a very few of this ruler, notes by them on ticket attached.

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