Demetrios I
11-27-2011
Persic Gallery in Bactrian, Demetrios I

21-21020. Bactrian. Demetrios I. AR Tetradrachm. Draped and diademed bust of king right, wearing elephant-scalp head-dress/ Nude Herakles standing facing, holding club and lion skin in left hand and crowning himself with his right hand Greek legend: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY. Rare, 15.0gm. SNG ANS 186, MIG 103b

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