Among the many great leaders who fill the stage during the first years of the Hellenistic Age none stands out more prominently than Demetrius, best known under the popular nickname of Poliorcetes—the Besieger. His is by far the most striking figure of them all and second only to the great Alexander in absorbing human interest. To the numismatist the necessarily varied coinages of Demetrius the Besieger present many points of absorbing interest. This book presents the coins struck by Demetrius in various mints of mainland Greece, Cyprus, and Asia Minor.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
SOURCES OF THE MATERIAL
CHRONOLOGICAL OUTLINE OF DEMETRIUS LIFE
CYPRUS. MINT: SALAMIS
PHOENICIA. MINT: TYRE
CILICIA. MINT: TARSUS
CARIA. MINT: MILETUS
IONIA. MINT: EPHESUS
ISSUES OF VARIOUS UNCERTAIN EASTERN MINTS
WESTERN MACEDONIA. MINT: PELLA
EASTERN MACEDONIA. MINT: AMPHIPOLIS
UNCERTAIN MINTS IN MACEDONIA
BOEOTIA. MINT: THEBES
THESSALY. MINT: DEMETRIAS
EUBOEA. MINT: CHALCIS
PELOPONESSUS. MINT: SICYON-DEMETRIAS (?)
UNCERTAIN MINTS
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS:
A. Forgeries and Imitations
B. Hoards
C. Résumé
PLATES
