Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Heliocles II 7

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Typological Description

  • Object Type: Coin
  • Date: first half first century BCE
  • Denomination: Tetradrachm
  • 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, throwing spear with right arm, aegis over left shoulder, wearing Boeotian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear
    • Portrait: Heliocles II of Bactria

  • Reverse

    • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨢𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨁𐨐𐨯 𐨱𐨅𐨫𐨁𐨩𐨐𐨿𐨪𐨅𐨩𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: maharajasa dhramikasa heliyakreyasa ]
    • 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

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Subtypes

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Subtype Obverse Reverse Examples of this type
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Heliocles II 7.1
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΗΛΙΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs dikaiou heliokleou ]
  • Type: Bust of Heliocles II, diademed, seen from behind, throwing spear with right arm, aegis over left shoulder, wearing Boeotian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear
  • Portrait: Heliocles II of Bactria
  • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨢𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨁𐨐𐨯 𐨱𐨅𐨫𐨁𐨩𐨐𐨿𐨪𐨅𐨩𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: maharajasa dhramikasa heliyakreyasa ]
  • Type: Zeus standing left in three-quarter view, holding thunderbolt in right hand, sceptre in left hand
  • Symbol (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 222 symbol, consists of Τ, Δ, and Ρ
  • Deity: Zeus
object: 1
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Heliocles II 7.2
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΗΛΙΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs dikaiou heliokleou ]
  • Type: Bust of Heliocles II, diademed, seen from behind, throwing spear with right arm, aegis over left shoulder, wearing Boeotian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear
  • Portrait: Heliocles II of Bactria
  • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨢𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨁𐨐𐨯 𐨱𐨅𐨫𐨁𐨩𐨐𐨿𐨪𐨅𐨩𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: maharajasa dhramikasa heliyakreyasa ]
  • Type: Zeus standing left in three-quarter view, holding thunderbolt in right hand, sceptre in left hand
  • Symbol (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 227 symbol, consists of Τ, Δ, and Φ
  • Deity: Zeus
objects: 3

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Silver Tetradrachm of Heliocles II of Bactria, Bactria, 110 BCE–100 BCE. 1995.51.248
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
1
Weight (in gr.)
9.51
British Museum: 1922,0424.110
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
8.930
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR51912
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
20
Weight (in gr.)
6.91
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR51913
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
22
Weight (in gr.)
9.71

Quantitative Analysis

Average measurements for this coin type:

Axis
8.33
Diameter (in mm)
21
Weight (in gr.)
8.76

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