Makedonien: Demetrios Poliorketes

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Events

Created

When	298-295 BC
Where	Salamis, Cyprus

Commissioned

Who	Demetrius I of Macedon (-0336--0283)

Owned

Who	Heinrich Wefels (-1931)
When	1918-1931

Was depicted (Actor)

Who	Demetrius I of Macedon (-0336--0283)

Relation to places

Anatolia

Keywords

Bronze Classical antiquity Coin Hellenistic period Portrait Utensil ruler

Description

Front: Kopf des Demetrios Poliorketes mit korinthischen Helm nach r.
Rear: Schiffsvorderteil nach r. Daneben r. ein Doppelbeil. Darunter ein Monogramm aus M und P.

Inscription

Rückseite: [B]A

Similar objects

Newell, Demetrius Poliorcetes: 020

Material/Technique

Bronze; struck

Measurements

Diameter: 16 mm
Weight: 3.37 g

Part of

Das hellenistische Münzporträt (43)

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Literature

E. T. Newell, The coinages of Demetrius Poliorcetes (1927) 25 Nr. 20 (Salamis, 300-295 v. Chr.).
O. Hoover, The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series III-1 (2016) 384 Nr. 1026 a (Salamis, 298-295 v. Chr.).
SNG Kopenhagen Nr. 1194 (Salamis, 300-295 v. Chr.).