16 Demetrius I

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DEMETRIUS I

ANTIOCH IN PERSIS (?)

Silver plated tetradrachm, Apollo on omphalos type (15.22 gm.)

Cf. SC 1708-1709

Obv.: Diademed head of Demetrius I r., diadem ends falling straight behind, fillet border.

Rev.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ on r., ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ on l., Apollo seated l. on omphalos, testing arrow and resting hand on grounded bow with grip marked by two pellets.

Outer left (a, mostly off flan) and outer right (b) controls.

Reference: CNG EAuction 264, lot 172.

Judging from the type, the coin was intended to imitate an eastern issue. The treatment of the diadem ends, the ornamentation of Apollo’s bow, and the right field control all suggest an issue of Antioch in Persis as the probable model. The form of the outer left control is uncertain.

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DEMETRIUS I

ANTIOCH(?)

Silver tetradrachm, Tyche type

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Obv.: Diademed head of Demetrius I r., diadem ends hanging straight behind, laurel wreath border.

Rev.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ on r., ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ in two lines on l., Tyche seated l. on backless throne with winged tritoness support, holding short sceptre and cornucopiae.

Reference: CH 10, p. 211, D1606-7

Outer left control

Hoard: Gaziantep Hoard 1994 (CH 9, 527; CH 10, 308)

This coin was recorded by E. Levante in Beirut, but either the control or attribution is in error. No other known tetradrachm with the epithet Soter  has this control, although a similar control occurs on SC 1625, an unattributed issue of Cilicia or Northern Syria that lacks the epithet.

The coin is listed here under Antioch as a placemarker.