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bgr_541056 - BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - DEMETRIUS I Sextuple unité

BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - DEMETRIUS I Sextuple unité VF/VG
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Item sold on our e-shop (2019)
Price : 280.00 €
Type : Sextuple unité
Date: c. 200-180 AC.
Mint name / Town : Bactres, Bactriane
Metal : copper
Diameter : 33 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 21,78 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan très large à l’usure très importante, identifiable. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
ANS.213  - Mit.106  - B.6 a - GC.7532 var. (850£) - P.-  - HGCS. 12/66 (R2) - BMC.15

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Bouclier orné d’un gorgoneion en son centre.

Reverse

Reverse description : trident posé verticalement.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ DHMHTRIOU/ .
Reverse translation : (du roi Démétrius).

Commentary

Ce type est de la plus grande rareté. C’est la première fois que nous le proposons à la vente.

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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