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Item Sold At Auction #39
Lot Number: 64445
                 Estimate: $500.00
                 Final Sale Price: $451.00
Denomination: Tetradrachm
                 Grade: VF
                 Reference: Bopearachchi Série 1C; SNG ANS 187

 Baktria, Graeco-Baktrian Kings. Demetrios I. Circa 200-185 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.37
  gm). Draped and diademed bust right, wearing elephant's skin headdress / BASILEWS
  DHMHTRIOU, nude Herakles standing facing, crowning himself and holding club and
  lion's skin; monogram to left. Bopearachchi Série 1C; SNG ANS 187. VF, light
  porosity. Estimate $500.

Online auction number 39 closed October 10, 2001.

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