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Tetradrachm - Demetrius I Poliorcetes Amphipolis
| Issuer | Kingdom of Macedonia |
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| Year | 291 BC - 290 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and horned head of Demetrius I Poliorcetes facing right, rendered in high relief with finely detailed hair swept back in loose waves beneath the diadem. A small bull's horn emerges from the forehead, emblematic of divine associations with Poseidon. The portrait is executed in the vigorous Hellenistic style, with strong facial modeling and an assertive profile. The field is plain and the coin is bordered by a continuous beaded circle. |
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| Mintage | ND (291 BC - 290 BC) |
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Demetrius I Poliorcetes seized Macedonia in 294 BC after murdering Alexander V, and these Amphipolis tetradrachms belong to the final years of his reign — a period of escalating instability. His enemies, Pyrrhus of Epirus and Lysimachus of Thrace, were already coordinating against him; by 288 BC his own troops defected en masse, and he surrendered to Seleucus I, dying in captivity two years later.
The Amphipolis mint was among the most productive under his control, and Newell's die study distinguishes this emission by its specific obverse die linkages to a narrow 291–290 window.