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ID:     771626
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Ancient East
Region:     GRAECO-BACTRIAN & INDO-GREEK
Issuer:     Demetrios I
Date Ruled:     Circa 200-185 BC
Metal:     Bronze
Denomination:     Triple Unit
Date Struck:     BC Circa 200-185
Diameter:     30 mm
Weight:     11.40 g
Die Axis:     12 h
Obverse Description:     Head of elephant slightly right with raised trunk, wearing bell
Reverse Description:     Large caduceus; monogram to inner left
Primary Reference:     Bopearachchi Série 05 var. (monogram)
Reference2:     SNG ANS 209-212 var. (same)
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=87862
Grade:     Superb EF, reddish-brown patina, traces of porosity and smoothing, slight die shift on reverse
Notes:     Struck on a broad flan. This monogram unrecorded in these two references. Rare.