Cleveland Museum of Art
Coin of Demetrios, I (obverse)
- Date
- 200–190 BCE
- Medium
- silver
- Culture
- Afghanistan, Greco-Bactria, Demetrios I (c. 200–180 BCE)
- Department
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 161220
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
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.
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- Credit line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Provenance
- ?–1999: (Spink & Son, Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1999–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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