BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Demetrios I Aniketos. Circa 200-185 BC. AR Tetradrachm (34mm, 16.47 g, 12h).Electronic Auction 478 Oriental Greek, Silver Sold For $ 900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Demetrios I Aniketos. Circa 200-185 BC. AR Tetradrachm (34mm, 16.47 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right, wearing elephant skin headdress; all within bead-and-reel border / Herakles standing facing, crowning himself, holding club and lion skin; monogram to inner left. Bopearachchi 1D var. (pelleted border); Bopearachchi & Rahman –; SNG ANS 189; HGC 12, 63; Zeno 2247 and 20924. lightly toned, porous surfaces. VF. Rarer variety with the bead-and-reel, instead of pelleted, border. |