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Long Beach Signature Sale 3057 7-8 Sep 2017
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GRECO-BACTRIAN KINGDOM. Demetrius I (ca. 200-185 BC). AR tetradrachm (37mm, 16.50 gm, 12h). Choice XF, Fine Style. Diademed and draped bust right, wearing elephant's skin headdress / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY, Heracles standing facing, crowning himself with wreath held in right hand and cradling club in left arm draped with lion skin; monogram to inner left. Bopearachchi Série 1D. SNG ANS 188. Edge bend at 3:00 obverse, otherwise well-centered on an immense 37mm flan, with an expressive portrait.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1500-2000 USD
GRECO-BACTRIAN KINGDOM. Demetrius I (ca. 200-185 BC). AR tetradrachm (37mm, 16.50 gm, 12h). Choice XF, Fine Style. Diademed and draped bust right, wearing elephant's skin headdress / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY, Heracles standing facing, crowning himself with wreath held in right hand and cradling club in left arm draped with lion skin; monogram to inner left. Bopearachchi Série 1D. SNG ANS 188. Edge bend at 3:00 obverse, otherwise well-centered on an immense 37mm flan, with an expressive portrait.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1500-2000 USD