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Tetradrachm - Heliokles II
| Issuer | Kings of Baktria |
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| Year | 90 BC - 75 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm (305-15BC) |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and draped bust of Heliokles II facing right, wearing a royal diadem with flowing ends visible behind the neck. The king is depicted in Hellenistic style with a chlamys fastened at the shoulder. A circular Greek legend surrounds the effigy reading ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΗΛΙΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ, meaning 'of the just king Heliokles', rendered in bold relief against the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΗΛΙΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ |
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Heliokles II ruled a shrinking kingdom — by his reign, Indo-Greek control had been fractured by successive Saka and Yuezhi incursions pushing down from the north, and his territory was largely confined to the Paropamisadae region. Whether he was the son of Eucratides II or belongs to a separate dynastic line remains genuinely unresolved among specialists. The coinage itself is the primary evidence for his existence at all.