GREEK COINS ITALY KINGDOM OF MACEDONIA DEMETRIUS POLIORCETES, king 306-283 B.C. Hemidrachm, Tarsus, about 298-295. AR 2.12 g. Nike, wearing long chiton, standing l. on prow of galley, blowing a trumpet which she holds in her r. hand, stylis in her l. hand. Rev. BASI- LEW-S / DHMHTRIOU Poseidon, nude, seen from rear, advancing l., throwing trident with his raised r. hand, his extended l. arm covered by the himation; in field, A and monogram . E. T. Newell, The Coinages of Demetrius Poliorcetes (1927), 51, 45. SNG Munich 1040. Scarce denomination. Light tone. Very fine
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