BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Demetrios I Aniketos. Circa 200-185 BC. AR Tetradrachm (34mm, 16.24 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right, wearing elephant skin headdress; all within bead-and-reel border / Herakles standing facing, crowning himself, holding club and lion skin; monogram to inner left. Bopearachchi 1D var. (pelleted border); Bopearachchi & Rahman –; SNG ANS 189; HGC 12, 63; Zeno 2247 and 20924. Toned, some porosity, cleaning marks on reverse. Good VF.
From the Demeter Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 53 (15 March 2000), lot 814.