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Type : Double unité
Date: c. 200-185 AC.
Mint name / Town : Bactres
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 7,48 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée à l’usure régulière. Joli buste d’Héraklès. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et barbu d’Héraklès (Hercule) droite, portant la massue sur l’épaule.
Reverse
Reverse description : Artemis-Nanaia, radiée, debout de face tenant une flèche et un carquois ; un monogramme dans le champ à droite.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ DHMHTRIOU.
Reverse translation : (du roi Démétrius).
Historical background
BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - DEMETRIUS I
(c. 200-185 AC.)
Demetrius I, associated with the throne by his father during his lifetime, succeeded him around 200 BC). Tradition has it that he assisted his father during the siege of Bactra in 208 BC and served as an intermediary between Antiochus III and his father. Demetrius led a brilliant campaign in India against the decaying Mauraya Empire. His son Euthydemos II succeeded him..
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