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Tetradrachm of Kingdom of Baktria with bust of Demetrios I
Greek
Hellenistic Period
about 200–185 B.C.
Mint: Baktria (Kingdom)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 34 mm. Weight: 16.17 gm.
Credit Line
Anonymous gift in memory of Zoë Wilbour (1864–1885)
Accession Number35.123
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2237.
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Demetrios I to right, diademed, wearing elephant's scalp.
Dotted circle around.
Reverse: Young Herakles facing; holds club in left hand and wears lion's skin; with right hand crowns himself with ivy wreath.
Inscription in Greek at right and left. Monogram at left.
Dotted circle around.
Reverse: Young Herakles facing; holds club in left hand and wears lion's skin; with right hand crowns himself with ivy wreath.
Inscription in Greek at right and left. Monogram at left.
Provenance1935, anonymous gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 4, 1935)