bgr_812733 - BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - DEMETRIUS I Obole

BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - DEMETRIUS I Obole XF

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Type : Obole

Date: c. 200-180 AC.

Mint name / Town : Bactres, Bactriane

Metal : silver

Diameter : 12,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 0,66 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie centrée. Flan légèrement voilé. Joli buste. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

ANS. - Mit.105 d - B.9 C pl. 5 - GC.7531 var. (850£) - BMC.10 - HGCS. 12/65 (R1)

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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