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English: Coin of Demetrius II of Syria. The reverse shows Zeus bearing Nike. The Greek inscription reads ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡΟΣ. The date ΔΠΡ is year 184 of the Seleucid era, corresponding to 129–128 BC.
Date 10 July 2004 (original upload date)
Source From 1889 edition of Principal Coins of the Ancients
Public Domain scans granted by ESnible from his site http://www.snible.org/coins/hn/syria.html (July 10th 2004 agreement by e-mail).
Originally from en.wikipedia; description page is/was here.
Author The original uploader was PHG at English Wikipedia.

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