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Tetradrachm - Demetrius I Poliorcetes Amphipolis
| Issuer | Kingdom of Macedonia |
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| Year | 294 BC - 293 BC |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
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| Obverse description | Nike, personification of victory, depicted in dynamic three-quarter stance alighting leftward upon the prow of a warship (galley), rendered in fine Hellenistic style. The goddess is shown with wings outstretched, sounding a long salpinx (trumpet) held to her lips, while her right hand grasps a stylis, the curved stern ornament of a ship. The galley prow is depicted in profile facing left, its details carefully articulated. The composition conveys the naval triumph of Demetrius Poliorcetes, most likely commemorating his celebrated victory at the Battle of Salamis (306 BC). |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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Demetrius I Poliorcetes seized Macedonia in 294 BC after murdering Alexander V, one of two sons of Cassander whose rival claims had fractured the kingdom. His hold on Macedonia lasted barely five years before Pyrrhus and Lysimachus dismembered his territory from two directions simultaneously. The Amphipolis mint was among his most productive during this compressed reign, and issues attributable to these years carry the administrative weight of a man who controlled, however briefly, the heartland of Alexander's old empire.
Newell's die study remains the foundational reference for sequencing this series.