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Tetradrachm - Demetrios

Issuer Ilion (Troad)
Year 188 BC - 133 BC
Type Standard circulation coin
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Reverse description Athena Ilias, the patron goddess of Ilion, depicted standing to the right, holding a distaff in one hand and a filleted spear in the other, symbolizing both her martial and domestic aspects as venerated at the sanctuary of Troy. A radiate head of Helios appears to the right in the field, evoking the solar associations of the region. A control monogram is placed to the left in the field. The Greek legend AΘHNAΣ IΛIAΔOΣ runs across the upper reverse field, and the magistrate's name ΔHMHTPIOY appears in the exergue, identifying the issuing authority responsible for this emission.
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Reverse lettering AΘHNAΣ IΛIAΔOΣ ΔHMHTPIOY
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Mintage ND (188 BC - 133 BC)
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