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Tetradrachm Coin of Demetrios I
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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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineTetradrachm Coin of Demetrios I, 200–190 BCE. Afghanistan, Bactria, Indo-Greek. Silver; diameter: 3.3 cm (1 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1999.318
