Tetradrachm - Demetrius I Poliorcetes Amphipolis

Demetrius I Poliorcetes was in serious trouble by 288 BC. Pyrrhus of Epirus and Lysimachus had coordinated a joint invasion of Macedonia, and his own troops — long resentful of his Persian-style court and increasingly erratic demands — were defecting en masse. These Amphipolis tetradrachms were struck in the final window before his position in Macedonia collapsed entirely; within months he would abandon the kingdom and cross into Asia, where Seleucus would eventually take him prisoner. He died in captivity in 283 BC, reportedly drinking himself to death.