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21 February 2021
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Starting Price: 300 CHF
Hammer Price:  1500 CHF
Lot 375

BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Demetrios I, circa 200-185 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 32 mm, 16.47 g, 11 h). Diademed and draped bust of Demetrios I to right, wearing elephant's skin headdress. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ Herakles standing facing, crowning himself with wreath held in right hand, holding club in left, lion's skin draped over left arm; in inner left field, monogram. Bopearachchi 1F. HGC 12, 63. An impressive portrait of Demetrios. A few light scratches and minor deposits, otherwise, very fine.

From the Trausnitz Collection, ex Aufhäuser 13, 7 October 1997, 253.

Online bidding closes: 21 Feb 2021, 18:07:30 CET Current Date & Time: 28 Mar 2024, 20:48:01 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:1500 CHF by LINGOES (15 bids)
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