DEMETRIUS POLIORCETES SILVER DRACHM – TARSUS ISSUE WITH NIKE ON PROW AND POSEIDON – FINE NGC GRADED GREEK MACEDONIAN COIN (Inv. 19512)

$750.00

19512. KINGDOM OF MACEDON. DEMETRIUS POLORCETES, 306–283 BC.
Silver drachm, 4.05 g, 18 mm. Issue of Tarsus, ca. 298–295 BC.
Obv. Nike on prow of ship, blowing trumpet. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΩΣ ΔΗΜΙΤΡΙOΥ, Poseidon striding left, preparing to throw trident, A in left field, AIO monogram in right field.
Newell 44.
Ex CNG ESale 482, 12/16/2020, lot 80.
NGC graded FINE, Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5, iridescent toning.
Demetrius “the Besieger” was one of the more colorful players in the struggle for power following Alexander’s death. His coinage features Poseidon, god of the sea, recalling Demetrius’ claims to glory as being a “Besieger of Cities.” This series depicts a triumphal monument commemorating a naval victory, with Nike, goddess of Victory, blowing a trumpet from the prow of a ship. It recalls the “Victory of Samothrace,” the famous statue in the Louvre Museum that comes from a similar monument.