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Drachm - Demetrios I Soter Ecbatana
| Issuer | Seleucid Empire |
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| Year | 162 BC - 150 BC |
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| Value | Drachm (1) |
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| Obverse description | Bare diademed head of Demetrios I Soter facing right, rendered in fine Hellenistic style with wavy, deeply engraved hair swept back from the forehead and secured by a royal diadem, the ends of which fall behind the neck. The portrait displays a youthful, idealized effigy with strong facial features. The field is plain and the coin is bordered by a beaded dotted circle. |
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| Reverse description | Apollo, nude, seated left upon the omphalos, holding an arrow in his extended right hand as if testing its tip, while his left hand rests upon a grounded bow at his side. The deity is depicted in the canonical Seleucid reverse type, rendered with careful attention to anatomical detail. The Greek royal legend is arranged in two lines flanking the figure in the field, reading BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY above and to the right, and ΣΩTHPOΣ below, all within a beaded border. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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