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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2368729, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">That&#039;s a very sweet example, Ken-D (congrats) </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; I happen to have one of those sweeties as well ... I&#039;m callin&#039; my version a Trichalkon (is that also correct?)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">Demetrius I Trichalkon </span></b></p><p><span style="color: #000000">200-185 BC&nbsp; </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Diameter: 29.5 mm</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Weight: 12.61 grams</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Bactrian Kings, Demetrius I, bronze Attic trichalkon of:</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Obverse: Head of elephant with bell hanging from neck</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Reverse: Caduceus.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Reference: Bopearachchi-16, Mitchiner-1086, SNG ANS 209</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Other: LOVELY brown and green patina, great example</span></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]484087[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">NOTE =&gt; this is Demetrios I (Bactrian King) which is different from Demetrios I (Seleukid King) ... yah, I&#039;ve fallen for that trick a few times, eh?</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #b30059">&quot;Bactria was a country in Central Asia, mostly on the territory of modern Afghanistan. The land along the Silk Route was an important transit centre for trade between Orient and Occident over countless centuries. Nevertheless, the history of Bactria is hardly known. Even the reigns of the Bactrian kings are difficult to ascertain.&quot; ... wiki</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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