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Auction 12  11 January 2015
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Lot 252

Estimate: 2500 USD
Price realized: 3750 USD
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Bactria. Demetrius I. c. 200-185 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.91g (11h). Obv: Draped and diademed bust of king right, wearing elephant's scalp headdress. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ Naked Herakles standing facing, crowning himself and holding club and lionskin; in lower left field, monogram. Bopearachchi 1F. SNG ANS 190. Qunduz 26. Exceptional obverse detail, especially on elephant headdress. Minor deposits on reverse. EF

Purchased privately from Frank Kovacs
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