An exceptionally fine aged portrait of Demetrios I
Lot 807
SELEUKID KINGS. Demetrios I Soter, 162-150 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 30 mm, 16.82 g, 12 h), Antiochia on the Orontes, circa 162-155/4. Diademed head of Demetrios I to right within laurel wreath. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΔHMHTPIOY Tyche, holding scepter in her right hand and cornucopiae in her left, seated left on throne supported by tritoness right; to left, monogram of AΠ. SC 1638.1g. SMA 95. Lightly toned and with an exceptionally fine aged portrait. The obverse struck somewhat off center and with some discoloration and deposits on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine.

From the Basileiai Hellēnikai Collection of Exceptional Tetradrachms, Leu 17, 31 May 2025, 313, from the collection of Dr. Eckhard Plümacher, Peus 431, 27 April 2022, 3310 (with collector's ticket), and ex Kricheldorf 47, 29 July 2002, 122.


The portrait of Demetrios I on this portrait is remarkable - he appears frowning, with a gaunt face and a prominent Adam's apple, an age-worn portrait marked by worry, almost reminiscent of the famous hollow portraits of Julius Caesar from 44 BC.
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