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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4459084, member: 85693&quot;]Reviving this thread because I just got my very first Demetrios I Poliorketes - a humble little bronze. </p><p><br /></p><p>Mine has the aphlaston to the left of the prow, and looking at these online, I was a bit puzzled by attribution - is the head on the obverse Athena or Demetrios?&nbsp; The information on the web shows it both ways (both examples on this thread also have the aphlaston and are described as either a male/Demetrios head). </p><p><br /></p><p>The other puzzle is the mint - some say Salamis, some Tarsos.&nbsp; Any help much appreciated. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a Roma Auction describing this coin with Athena on the obverse and minted at Salamis:&nbsp; <a href="https://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=1606345&amp;AucID=3397&amp;Lot=252&amp;Val=5bae4d6fcca381f723cdd57ae17ea643" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=1606345&amp;AucID=3397&amp;Lot=252&amp;Val=5bae4d6fcca381f723cdd57ae17ea643" rel="nofollow">https://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=1606345&amp;AucID=3397&amp;Lot=252&amp;Val=5bae4d6fcca381f723cdd57ae17ea643</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1111729[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Macedon&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ 13&nbsp; </b></p><p><b>Demetrios I Poliorketes</b></p><p><b>(c. 306-283 B.C.)</b></p><p><b>Salamis Mint (or Tarsos?)</b></p><p>Helmeted head of Athena (or Demetrios?) right, with bull&#039;s horn / Prow right; BA above, aphlaston to left, [monogram] and X below.</p><p>SNG Alpha Bank 954-5.</p><p>(1.79 grams / 13 x 10 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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