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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 :
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).

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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