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Tetradrachm Coin of Demetrios I
The collection record classifies this work as coins. It is dated 200–190 BCE. Recorded culture or place: Afghanistan, Bactria, Indo-Greek.
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- Museum title
- Tetradrachm Coin of Demetrios I
- Date
- 200–190 BCE
- Culture / origin
- Afghanistan, Bactria, Indo-Greek
- Materials and technique
- silver
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 3.3 cm (1 5/16 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1999.318
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Demetrios I (222–180 BC) ruled the Indo-Greek kingdom of Bactria from 200 to 180 BC and minted this coin to commemorate his conquests over territories to the south, in present-day Pakistan. He linked his image on his coin to Alexander of Macedon (356–323 BC), who depicted himself with a lion scalp after his conquest of India; Demetrios substituted an elephant for the lion. On the reverse is Hercules, also identified with Alexander.
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