Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Demetrius I 1

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Typological Description

  • Object Type: Coin
  • Date: late third/early second century BCE
  • Denomination: Tetradrachm
  • Manufacture: Struck
  • Material: Silver
  • Shape: Round

  • Authority

  • Obverse

    • Type: Bust of Demetrius I, diademed and draped right, wearing elephant scalp helmet; dotted border

  • Reverse

    • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ (orientation: ⇊) [transliteration: basileōs dēmētriou ]
    • Type: Heracles, wreathed, naked, standing facing crowning head with wreath in right hand, club and lion skin in crook of left arm
    • Deity: Heracles
  • TypeSeries: Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage

References

Subtypes

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Subtype Obverse Reverse Examples of this type
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Demetrius I 1.1
  • Type: Bust of Demetrius I, diademed and draped right, wearing elephant scalp helmet; dotted border
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ (orientation: ⇊) [transliteration: basileōs dēmētriou ]
  • Type: Heracles, wreathed, naked, standing facing crowning head with wreath in right hand, club and lion skin in crook of left arm
  • Symbol (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 40 symbol, consists of Π, Τ, Δ, and Ε
  • Deity: Heracles
object: 1
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Demetrius I 1.2
  • Type: Bust of Demetrius I, diademed and draped right, wearing elephant scalp helmet; dotted border
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ (orientation: ⇊) [transliteration: basileōs dēmētriou ]
  • Type: Heracles, wreathed, naked, standing facing crowning head with wreath in right hand, club and lion skin in crook of left arm
  • Symbol (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 109 symbol, consists of Ο, Τ, Λ, and Φ
  • Deity: Heracles
objects: 7
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Demetrius I 1.3
  • Type: Bust of Demetrius I, diademed and draped right, wearing elephant scalp helmet; dotted border
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ (orientation: ⇊) [transliteration: basileōs dēmētriou ]
  • Type: Heracles, wreathed, naked, standing facing crowning head with wreath in right hand, club and lion skin in crook of left arm
  • Symbol (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 62 symbol, consists of Κ and Ρ
  • Deity: Heracles
objects: 7
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Demetrius I 1.4
  • Type: Bust of Demetrius I, diademed and draped right, wearing elephant scalp helmet; bead and reel border
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ (orientation: ⇊) [transliteration: basileōs dēmētriou ]
  • Type: Heracles, wreathed, naked, standing facing crowning head with wreath in right hand, club and lion skin in crook of left arm
  • Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 62 symbol, consists of Κ and Ρ
  • Deity: Heracles
object: 1
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Demetrius I 1.5
  • Type: Bust of Demetrius I, diademed and draped right, wearing elephant scalp helmet; dotted border
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ (orientation: ⇊) [transliteration: basileōs dēmētriou ]
  • Type: Heracles, wreathed, naked, standing facing crowning head with wreath in right hand, club and lion skin in crook of left arm
  • Symbol (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 63 symbol, consists of Κ, Ρ, and Δ
  • Deity: Heracles
objects: 5
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Demetrius I 1.6
  • Type: Bust of Demetrius I, diademed and draped right, wearing elephant scalp helmet; bead and reel border
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ (orientation: ⇊) [transliteration: basileōs dēmētriou ]
  • Type: Heracles, wreathed, naked, standing facing crowning head with wreath in right hand, club and lion skin in crook of left arm
  • Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 63 symbol, consists of Κ, Ρ, and Δ
  • Deity: Heracles
object: 1
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Demetrius I 1.7
  • Type: Bust of Demetrius I, diademed and draped right, wearing elephant scalp helmet; bead and reel border
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ (orientation: ⇊) [transliteration: basileōs dēmētriou ]
  • Type: Heracles, wreathed, naked, standing facing crowning head with wreath in right hand, club and lion skin in crook of left arm; bead and reel border
  • Symbol (Exergue): Bopearachchi Monogram 63 symbol, consists of Κ, Ρ, and Δ
  • Deity: Heracles
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Demetrius I 1.8
  • Type: Bust of Demetrius I, diademed and draped right, wearing elephant scalp helmet; dotted border
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ (orientation: ⇊) [transliteration: basileōs dēmētriou ]
  • Type: Heracles, wreathed, naked, standing facing crowning head with wreath in right hand, club and lion skin in crook of left arm
  • Symbol (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 5 symbol, consists of Α and Ρ
  • Deity: Heracles
object: 1
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Demetrius I 1.9
  • Type: Bust of Demetrius I, diademed and draped right, wearing elephant scalp helmet; dotted border
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ (orientation: ⇊) [transliteration: basileōs dēmētriou ]
  • Type: Heracles, wreathed, naked, standing facing crowning head with wreath in right hand, club and lion skin in crook of left arm
  • Symbol (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 89 symbol, consists of Ν and Κ
  • Deity: Heracles
objects: 2

Examples of this typeDownload CSV

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Silver Tetradrachm of Demetrius I of Bactria, late third/early second century BCE 1944.100.74388
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Weight (in gr.)
16.77
Silver Tetradrachm of Demetrius I of Bactria, late third/early second century BCE 1944.100.74389
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Weight (in gr.)
16.79
Silver Tetradrachm of Demetrius I of Bactria, late third/early second century BCE. 1944.100.74390
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Weight (in gr.)
15.99
Silver Tetradrachm of Demetrius I of Bactria, late third/early second century BCE. 1967.152.593
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Weight (in gr.)
16.0
Silver Tetradrachm of Demetrius I of Bactria, late third/early second century BCE 1995.51.251
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Weight (in gr.)
16.72
Silver Tetradrachm of Demetrius I of Bactria, late third/early second century BCE 1944.100.64188
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
29.6
Weight (in gr.)
16.65
Silver Tetradrachm of Demetrius I of Bactria, late third/early second century BCE 1995.51.23
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
31.5
Weight (in gr.)
16.84
Silver Tetradrachm of Demetrius I of Bactria, late third/early second century BCE 1996.61.1
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
32.0
Weight (in gr.)
15.98
Silver Tetradrachm of Demetrius I of Bactria, late third/early second century BCE 1997.9.67
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
33.0
Weight (in gr.)
16.41
[Monnaie : Tétradrachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Démétrios I]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
R 3681.39
Diameter (in mm)
31
Weight (in gr.)
14.71
[Monnaie : Tétradrachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Démétrios I]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
R 3681.40
Diameter (in mm)
32
Weight (in gr.)
16.66
[Monnaie : Tétradrachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Démétrios I]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
L 2656
Diameter (in mm)
33
Weight (in gr.)
16.73
[Monnaie : Tétradrachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Démétrios I]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
R 3681.41
Diameter (in mm)
33
Weight (in gr.)
16.22
Baktrien, Königreich: Demetrios I. 200–190 v. Chr.
Collection
Münzkabinett und Antikensammlung der Stadt Winterthur
Identifier
ID302
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
33
Weight (in gr.)
16.82
Baktrien: Demetrios I. ca. 200-190 v. Chr.
Collection
Münzkabinett Berlin
Identifier
18203089
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
33
Weight (in gr.)
16.68
Baktrien: Demetrios I. ca. 200-190 v. Chr.
Collection
Münzkabinett Berlin
Identifier
18258993
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
33
Weight (in gr.)
16.42
British Museum: 1856,1106.19
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
16.750
British Museum: IOC.7
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
14.250
British Museum: 1888,1208.85
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
14.640
British Museum: IOC.6
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
16.870
British Museum: 1870,0701.1
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
16.790
British Museum: 1888,1208.83
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
16.740
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR45169
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
30.2
Weight (in gr.)
16.02
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR45167
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
33.4
Weight (in gr.)
16.48
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR6537
Axis
5
Diameter (in mm)
34.7
Weight (in gr.)
16.08

Quantitative Analysis

Average measurements for this coin type:

Axis
11.53
Diameter (in mm)
32.31
Weight (in gr.)
16.28

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