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Tetradrachm - Demetrius I Poliorcetes Amphipolis
| Issuer | Kingdom of Macedonia |
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| Year | 292 BC - 291 BC |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Demetrius I earned the epithet "Poliorcetes" — the Besieger — largely from his assault on Rhodes between 307 and 304 BC, during which he deployed unprecedented siege machinery including the nine-story Helepolis tower. By the time this Amphipolis issue was struck, he had seized the Macedonian throne from Pyrrhus and Lysimachus's ally Antipater, ruling a kingdom perpetually destabilized by the Wars of the Diadochi. His reign ended in 288 BC when a coordinated invasion by Pyrrhus and Lysimachus collapsed his support; he surrendered to Seleucus I and died a prisoner in 283 BC.