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Tetradrachm - Demetrius I Poliorcetes Tarsos
| Issuer | Kingdom of Macedonia |
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| Year | 298 BC - 295 BC |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
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| Obverse description | Nike standing facing right atop the prow of a warship (aphlaston), her wings spread wide in triumphant display, sounding a long trumpet (salpinx) held in her right hand. The ship's prow is rendered in considerable detail, with the ram and oar-ports visible. The composition is set within a beaded border and conveys the naval victory iconography closely associated with Demetrius Poliorcetes following his triumph at the Battle of Salamis in Cyprus. |
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| Reverse description | Poseidon Pelagaios standing nude facing left in a vigorous striding posture, his right foot advanced and resting on a rock or elevation, brandishing a trident in his raised right hand while his left hand rests on his hip. A chlamys (military cloak) falls behind him. To the left field, a monogram of AN within a circle above the partial legend BAΣIΛEΩΣ; to the right, the legend ΔHMHTPIOY reads vertically downward. The whole is set within a beaded border on a flan of irregular form characteristic of Hellenistic hammered coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain (irregular) |
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