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Æ30 - Demetrios I
| Issuer | Kings of Baktria |
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| Year | 185 BC - 200 BC |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (185 BC - 200 BC) - N Monogram - ND (185 BC - 200 BC) - ΑΓ Monogram - ND (185 BC - 200 BC) - ΦΛ Monogram - |
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Demetrios I's reign over Baktria — spanning roughly the late third to early second century BC — marked the furthest eastward penetration of Hellenistic political authority, extending Greco-Macedonian rule deep into the Indian subcontinent following campaigns that pushed well beyond the Indus. He likely inherited the momentum of his father Euthydemos I's settled kingdom and drove aggressively south, earning him the epithet "the Invincible" in ancient sources. The Bop 5E attribution places this piece within a well-documented series, though the precise sequencing of Demetrios's prolific bronze output remains contested among specialists.