Lot 4101
Baktrian Kingdom. Demetrios I, ca. 200-185 BC. Silver Tetradrachm (16.7g). BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY. Diademed and draped bust right wearing elephant skin headdress. Reverse: Herakles standing facing, crowning himself, holding a club and lion's skin, monogram inner left. Bopearachchi Série 1C; SNG ANS 187. Some minor porosity on the reverse and cleaned long ago. Light gray toning. A lovely example of this popular type. About Extremely Fine.
Demetrios I was the son and successor of Euthydemos I and ruled the Baktrian kingdom in the early years of the second century BC. His reign was notable for the expansion of Greek power southwards into the Kabul Valley and beyond, an achievement commemorated by the splendid representation of the king wearing an elephant's skin headdress on this handsome Attic weight tetradrachm. On the reverse appears a standing figure of the hero Herakles crowning himself and holding his usual attributes of a club and a lion's skin.
Estimated Value $3,000 - 4,000.
The Hunter Collection.
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