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Coin Commemorating Battle of Salamis

Coin Commemorating Battle of Salamis

‎As admiral serving his father King Antigonus I, Demetrius I of Macedon (reigned 294–288 B.C.) defeated Ptolemy I’s Egyptian navy at the Battle of Salamis in 306 B.C. This silver four-drachma coin was issued during his reign in Macedon. Nike, Greek goddess of victory, stands on a warship’s prow blowing a trumpet (obverse). A striding Poseidon, Greek sea god, poises his right arm to throw his trident (reverse). The Greek inscription says “[coin] of King Demetrius”; he credited Nike and Poseidon for his victory.
1 Chr 29:11, Ps 95:5, Isa 25:8, Matt 17:24–27, 1 Cor 15:54–57

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