Stater - Demetrius I Poliorcetes

Demetrius I assumed the title of king in 306 BC following his naval victory at Salamis in Cyprus — a battle that destroyed Ptolemy's fleet and prompted both Demetrius and his father Antigonus to claim the diadem simultaneously, triggering a cascade of rival Successors to do the same. This stater belongs to that assertive, propaganda-heavy coinage that announced dynastic ambition as much as it facilitated commerce.

Newell 60 places this issue within a specific mint attribution that remains debated; Salamis itself and cities in the Aegean have both been proposed. The series ended abruptly when Demetrius lost Macedonia to Pyrrhus and Lysimachus in 288 BC, after which his coinage ceased entirely.