Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
Lot number: 1216 Price realized: 4,000 CHF (Approx. 4,540 USD / 4,196 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on |
Lot description: BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Demetrios I, circa 200-185 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 31 mm, 17.00 g, 12 h), Baktra. Diademed and draped bust of Demetrios I to right, wearing elephant skin headdress. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ - ΔHMHTPIOY Youthful Herakles, nude, standing facing, crowning himself with a wreath with his right hand and holding club and lion skin his left; in inner left field, monogram. Bopearachchi 1C. HGC 12, 63. MIG 103d. SNG ANS 187. A very attractive piece with a wonderful portrait. Very light marks, otherwise, good very fine. Ex Leu 13, 27 May 2023, 162 and from the Grand Haven Collection, Triton XXIV, 19 January 2021, 850. Starting price: 1000 CHF |