Bactria, Demetrios I 200-180 BC
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AR tetradrachm 16.4156 g, 33.7 mm
Panjhir 200-180 BC
1. Mitchiner, Michael. 1975. Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage Volume I. Page 57, Type 103d. London: Hawkins. 2. Bopearachchi, Osmund. 1991. Monnaies gréco-bactriennes et indo-grecques. Catalog Raisonné Page 164, Type 1. Plate 4 #1. Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale. 3. 1998. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Part 9. Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coins. #187. New York: The American Numismatic Society.
Obverse
Diademed bust of Demetrios right, wearing a elephant's scalp
Reverse
Naked Herakles standing facing, crowning himself with his right hand, carrying a club and lion's skin in in his left
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