Demetrios Poliorketes tetradrachm obverse
Demetrios Poliorketes, ruled 306-283 BC
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AR tetradrachm 16.9789 g, 31.4 mm
Amphipolis 290-289 BC
Newell, Edward T. 1927. The Coinages of Demetrius Poliorcetes. Page 110 #116 CXI and Plate XI #8. London: Oxford University Press.
Obverse
Demetrios diademed and horned head right
Reverse
Poseidon standing left, right foot on a rock, trident in left hand
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