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Tetradrachm - Demetrius I Poliorcetes Pella
| Issuer | Kingdom of Macedonia |
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| Year | 294 BC - 293 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | Poseidon Pelagaios depicted nude and in rear view, standing to the left, his right arm raised aloft to hurl a trident held firmly in his grasp, while his left arm extends forward with a chlamys draped over it. A monogram appears to the left of the figure in the field, and a downward-oriented dolphin is positioned to the right. The legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ is distributed around the periphery of the reverse field in Greek characters. |
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| Mintage | ND (294 BC - 293 BC) |
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Demetrius I Poliorcetes seized Macedonia in 294 BC after murdering Alexander V, one of two sons of Cassander he systematically eliminated to consolidate control. His reign lasted barely five years before his own generals abandoned him to Seleucus, who imprisoned him in Syria until his death in 283 BC. The Pella mint operated under his direct authority during this window, and issues from this short reign are correspondingly scarce.
Newell's classification of this type places it firmly within the Macedonian royal series rather than the earlier league or allied issues. The die work from Pella under Demetrius is notably crisp compared to his Amphipolis output.