Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Heliocles II 10

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Typological Description

  • Object Type: Coin
  • Date: first half first century BCE
  • Denomination: Drachma
  • Manufacture: Struck
  • Material: Silver
  • Shape: Round

  • Authority

  • Obverse

    • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΗΛΙΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs dikaiou heliokleou ]
    • Type: Bust of Heliocles II, diademed seen from behind, wearing Boeotian helmet with three plumes covered in animal skin
    • Portrait: Heliocles II of Bactria

  • Reverse

    • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨢𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨁𐨐𐨯 𐨱𐨅𐨫𐨁𐨩𐨐𐨿𐨪𐨅𐨀𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: maharajasa dhramikasa heliyakreasa ]
    • Type: Zeus standing left in three-quarter view, holding thunderbolt in right hand, sceptre in left hand
    • Deity: Zeus
  • TypeSeries: Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage

References

Subtypes

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Subtype Obverse Reverse Examples of this type
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Heliocles II 10.1
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΗΛΙΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs dikaiou heliokleou ]
  • Type: Bust of Heliocles II, diademed seen from behind, wearing Boeotian helmet with three plumes covered in animal skin
  • Portrait: Heliocles II of Bactria
  • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨢𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨁𐨐𐨯 𐨱𐨅𐨫𐨁𐨩𐨐𐨿𐨪𐨅𐨀𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: maharajasa dhramikasa heliyakreasa ]
  • Type: Zeus standing left in three-quarter view, holding thunderbolt in right hand, sceptre in left hand
  • Symbol (Left Field): Σ
  • Deity: Zeus
object: 1
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Heliocles II 10.2
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΗΛΙΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs dikaiou heliokleou ]
  • Type: Bust of Heliocles II, diademed seen from behind, wearing Boeotian helmet with three plumes covered in animal skin
  • Portrait: Heliocles II of Bactria
  • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨢𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨁𐨐𐨯 𐨱𐨅𐨫𐨁𐨩𐨐𐨿𐨪𐨅𐨀𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: maharajasa dhramikasa heliyakreasa ]
  • Type: Zeus standing left in three-quarter view, holding thunderbolt in right hand, sceptre in left hand
  • Symbol (Right Field): Σ
  • Deity: Zeus
objects: 4

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British Museum: 1922,0424.118
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
2.080
British Museum: 1956,0710.29
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
2.490
British Museum: 1889,1203.18
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
1.950
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR51914
Axis
1
Diameter (in mm)
14
Weight (in gr.)
2.38
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR51915
Axis
1
Diameter (in mm)
14
Weight (in gr.)
2.3

Quantitative Analysis

Average measurements for this coin type:

Axis
1
Diameter (in mm)
14
Weight (in gr.)
2.24

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