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Tetradrachm - Demetrius I Poliorcetes Chalkis
| Uitgever | Kingdom of Macedonia |
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| Jaar | 290 BC - 289 BC |
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| Oriëntatie | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Diademed head of Demetrius I Poliorcetes facing right, adorned with a bull's horn rising from the diadem, emblematic of his divine association with Poseidon. The portrait displays fine Hellenistic workmanship with deeply carved, flowing locks of hair radiating from the crown. A dotted border encircles the design. The facial features are rendered with sharp, idealized precision characteristic of early third-century BC Macedonian coinage. |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | Poseidon Pelagaios standing left in heroic nudity, his right foot raised and resting upon a rocky outcrop, holding an upright trident in his right hand. The god's muscular figure is rendered in the bold, classicizing Hellenistic style. A monogram appears in the left field. The legend ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ is arranged in the fields, identifying the issuer as King Demetrius. |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Demetrius I earned the epithet "Poliorcetes" — the Besieger — after his prolonged siege of Rhodes from 305 to 304 BC, deploying the largest siege engines the ancient world had yet seen, including the nine-story Helepolis tower. The siege ultimately failed, and the Rhodians sold the abandoned machinery to fund the Colossus. By the time this coin was struck at Chalkis, Demetrius had seized the Macedonian throne from Antipater's son Pyrrhus only a year or two prior.
His reign ended in 288 BC when a coalition of Pyrrhus and Lysimachus drove him from Macedonia entirely. Coins from the Chalkis mint represent his final years of effective power.