Live auction - bgr_640471 - BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - DEMETRIUS I Tétradrachme

BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - DEMETRIUS I Tétradrachme AU

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Estimate :	2 200 €
Price :	1 650 €
Maximum bid :	2 350 €
End of the sale :	09 March 2021 14:31:27
bidders :	3 bidders

Type : Tétradrachme

Date: c. 200-180 AC.

Mint name / Town : Merv

Metal : silver

Diameter : 33,5 mm

Orientation dies : 11 h.

Weight : 17,07 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie sur un flan large, idéalement centré des deux côtés. Très joli buste de Démétrius Ier. Patine grise de collection

Catalogue references :

ANS.191 - Mit.103 c - B.- F - GC.7526 var. (850£) - P.3144

Predigree :

Exemplaire provenant de la collection P-R. B

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Buste de Démétrius Ier à droite, vêtu de la chlamyde et coiffé de la dépouille d’éléphant.

Reverse

Reverse description : Hercule nu debout de face, portant sa main droite à la tête, tenant la massue de la main gauche avec la léonté enroulée autour du bras.

Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ DHMHTRIOU/

Reverse translation : (du roi Démétrius).