Demetrius I was a Macedonian Greek nobleman, military leader, and finally king of Macedon between 294–288 BC. He belonged to the Antigonid dynasty and was its first member to rule Macedonia. His father was Antigones I Monophthalmos.
Due to war and revolt, he was forced to leave Macedonia i 288 BC. In 286 BC, famine and pestilence destroyed most of his army, and he was forsaken by his troops on the field of battle and surrendered to Seleucus.
His son Antigonus offered all his possessions, and even his own person, in order to procure his father's liberty, but Demetrius died after a confinement of three years.
Due to war and revolt, he was forced to leave Macedonia i 288 BC. In 286 BC, famine and pestilence destroyed most of his army, and he was forsaken by his troops on the field of battle and surrendered to Seleucus.
His son Antigonus offered all his possessions, and even his own person, in order to procure his father's liberty, but Demetrius died after a confinement of three years.
Epithet: Πολιορκητής ("the Besieger")
An
AE
unit
struck 290-283 BC
in
Caria?
Obverse: Demetrios' head right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet.
Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ∆ΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ, Prow right, BA above, AP monogram below, double axe before.
Diameter:
15.5 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 2.85 g
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 2.85 g
B A on the reverse refers to ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ∆ΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ, King Alexander the Great. The Macedonian Kingdom continued to issue coinage in Alexanders name long afer his death. The prow refers to Demetrios' defeat of Menelaus, Ptolemy's brother, in the naval Battle of Salamis, completely destroying the naval power of Egypt.
Newell 163, SNG Cop 1185, SNG München 1056; SNG Alpha Bank 956
Obverse: macedonian shield with (ΔHP)
Reverse: macedonian helmet; BA _ ΣI
Diameter:
15 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 4.26 g
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 4.26 g
No notes for this coin
SGCV II 6774, SNG Cop 1224, AMNG 1, Newell 129 ff
An
AR
Tetradrachm
struck c. 301-294 BC
in
Tyre
Obverse: Alexander III depicted as Heracles wearing the Nemean lion skin as a headdress
Reverse: Zeus seated on throne holding an eagle and a scepter; monograms to left and below throne; Greek text to right (AΛEΞANΔPOY) and below throne (ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ)
Diameter:
27 mm
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 17.3 g
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 17.3 g
Reverse is slightly double struck
Price 3551 corr.; Hersh, Tyrus 5, dies II/b-f; HGC 3, 1009b