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Auction 117 19-20 May 2021
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BAKTRIA, Indo-Greek Kingdom. Heliokles II Dikaios. Circa 90-75 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 9.83 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right / Zeus standing left, brandishing thunderbolt in right hand and holding long scepter in leftr; monogram to lower left . SNG ANS 1139-41; HGC 12, 377. Minor pitting on obverse, a few light scratches, trace of smoothing on reverse. EF. Rare.
Heliokles II is unknown to history apart from his coins. His rule seems to have included the city of Taxila and parts of eastern Gandhara and western Punjab. His name and reverse type suggest a connection to the earlier Greco-Baktrian king Heliokles I (circa 145-130 BC), although Zeus is here portrayed with a radiate crown, implying a syncretic amalgamation with Helios or Mithras.
Heliokles II is unknown to history apart from his coins. His rule seems to have included the city of Taxila and parts of eastern Gandhara and western Punjab. His name and reverse type suggest a connection to the earlier Greco-Baktrian king Heliokles I (circa 145-130 BC), although Zeus is here portrayed with a radiate crown, implying a syncretic amalgamation with Helios or Mithras.