Description: Offered for Auction or Buy It Now: a KINGDOM OF BACTRIA, AR (silver) Tetradrachm of Demetrius I, c.200-185 BC.(34 mm, 16.40 gm). Obv: Demetrius in elephant scalp. Rev: Heracles. Edge chips NGC Grade: Ch VF Strike: 5/5 Surface: 2/5; smoothing NGC Cert # 6558483-002 Rare and genuine ancient silver tetradrachm. Graded NGC: Choice VF 5/5, 2/5; smoothing, edge chips. Not encapsulated because edge chips would make coin fragile on holder and coin could not be guaranteed by NGC. Provenance: From the Richard Basley Collection, CNG Detailed description: Demetrius I Aniketos, Baktria, Bactrian Kingdom, Silver tetradrachm (34mm. 16.40g) Bopearachchi Série 1F. SNG ANS 192. Obv. Diademed, draped bust of Demetrius I right, seen from front, wearing headdress composed of elephant's head, ears, trunk and tusks; dotted border Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΔHMHTPIOY, Heracles, nude, standing facing, crowning himself with wreath held in right hand, left arm draped with lionskin and cradling club; ΦΛ monogram to inner left. History The unusual elephant headdress worn by Demetrius on this tetradrachm recalls the similar headgear sported by Alexander the Great on early coins of Ptolemaic Egypt, referring to his conquests in northern India. Demetrius also campaigned in India while serving a long apprenticeship under his father, Euthydemus I, as recorded on a dedicatory stone recently discovered north of Ai Khanoum in Afghanistan. After succeeding to the throne, he launched an invasion of Northern India that extended Greek control into modern Pakistan. The historian Strabo claims "more tribes were subdued by [Demetrius] than Alexander."
Price: 2750 USD
Location: Milledgeville, Georgia
End Time: 2024-08-25T15:23:07.000Z
Shipping Cost: 10.5 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Denomination: Tetradrachm
Cleaned/Uncleaned: Uncleaned
Historical Period: Greek (450 BC-100 AD)
Composition: Silver
Provenance: Ownership History Available
Era: Ancient
Certification Number: 6558483-002
Grade: VF strike 5/5, surface 2/5
Country/Region of Manufacture: Afghanistan
Certification: NGC
Date: c.200-185 BC
