Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Tetradrachm - Demetrius I Poliorcetes Amphipolis
| Issuer | Kingdom of Macedonia |
|---|---|
| Year | 290 BC - 289 BC |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Poseidon Pelagaios standing to left in the nude, his right foot raised and resting upon a rocky outcrop, his right hand resting upon his right thigh, and his left hand firmly grasping an upright trident. The god is portrayed in a relaxed contrapposto pose consistent with Hellenistic sculptural influence. Monograms appear in the inner left and right fields. The reverse legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ flanks the deity, identifying the issuer as King Demetrios, with the mint of Amphipolis attributed on the basis of style and monogram. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Demetrius I earned his epithet "Poliorcetes" — the Besieger — at Rhodes in 305 BC, where his elaborate siege machinery failed to take the city despite a year-long campaign. The Rhodians sold the abandoned equipment and used the proceeds to commission the Colossus. By the time this Amphipolis issue was struck, Demetrius held the Macedonian throne, having seized it in 294 BC by murdering Alexander V.
The Amphipolis mint was among the most productive in his kingdom during this short final reign, which ended when Pyrrhus and Lysimachus jointly drove him from Macedonia in 288 BC — leaving him to die a prisoner of Seleucus I in 283 BC.