Ancient Coins: GREEK SILVER: Demetrios Poliorketes, 306-283 B.C. ex: Benson, et

AR Tetradrachm, 17.17g.  26mm.  Salamis mint, c.300-295 B.C. Nike alightlng on the prow of a defeated galley of Ptolemy and blowing a trumpet.  Rev.  Poseidon hurling trident to left; monograms in fields to left and below.  Newell 23(this coin listed).  Lovely old cabinet toning.  This is of the finest style and with a stellar pedigree.

This is an early issue from Salamis near where the referenced naval engagement was fought and very different from the common later ordinary style issues from Pella and Amphipolis.

Provenance/Pedigrees:
Ex: Durefle collection, Sotheby, May 28, 1900, lot 213, bought by Raedy for £18/5
Ex: Frank Sherman Benson collection, Sotheby, Feb. 3, 1909, lot 432, bought by Dr. Hirsch for £19/10
Ex: Vicomte Sartiges collection, published in Paris, 1910, no. 209.
Ex: Niggeler collection, Bank Leu and Münzen und Medaillen, Basel, December 3, 1966, lot 243.

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