Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Demetrius I 3

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Typological Description

  • Object Type: Coin
  • Date: late third/early second century BCE
  • Denomination: Drachma
  • 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

Subtypes

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Subtype Obverse Reverse Examples of this type
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Demetrius I 3.1
  • 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 62 symbol, consists of Κ and Ρ
  • Deity: Heracles
object: 1
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Demetrius I 3.2
  • 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 89 symbol, consists of Ν and Κ
  • Deity: Heracles
object: 1
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Demetrius I 3.3
  • 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 83 symbol, consists of Μ, Υ, and Α
  • Deity: Heracles
object: 1

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[Monnaie : Drachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Démétrios I]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
1975.529
Diameter (in mm)
18
Weight (in gr.)
4.05
British Museum: IOC.8
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
3.940
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR45170
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
19.1
Weight (in gr.)
3.51

Quantitative Analysis

Average measurements for this coin type:

Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
18.55
Weight (in gr.)
3.83

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