DEMETRIUS POLIORCETES ALEXANDER TYPE TETRADRACHM – RARE ISSUE OF TYRE – CHOICE FINE NGC GRADED GREEK MACEDONIAN KINGDOM COIN (Inv. 20214)

$750.00

20214. KINGDOM OF MACEDON. DEMETRIUS I POLIORCETES, 306–283 BC.
Silver Tetradrachm of Alexander type, 15.80 g, 25 mm. Issue of Tyre in the name of Demetrius, ca. 290–287 BC.
Obv. Head of young Heracles right in lion skin headdress. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔMHTPIOY, Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter, club in circle in left field, monogram below throne.
Newell, The Coinage of Demetrius Poliorketes, 29 (dies XXXIII/67), pl. III, 11 (same dies), cf. Price 3559 for the same issue with Alexander’s name.
Ex Roma Numismatics, E–Sale 31, 26 November 2016, lot 70.
NGC graded CHOICE FINE, Strike 4/5, Surface 3/5, “brushed,” rare with Demetrius’ name, CoinArchives lists about six other specimens of this type.