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Obol of Demetrios of Baktria

Obol of Demetrios of Baktria

r. c. 200-190 BCE

Demetrios I of Baktria

Graeco-Bactrian

Obv.: Bust of Demetrius I, diademed and draped right, wearing elephant scalp helmet; dotted border. Rev.: Heracles, wreathed, naked, standing facing crowning head with wreath in right hand, club and lion skin in crook of left arm.

Silver

Hellenistic period, Middle

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