Heliocles II of Bactria (Indo-Greek king, c. 95-80 BC)

Mints

Heliocles II Dikaios is an Indo-Greek king, ruling at the same time as Strato I and Agathocleia.

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Overstriking coins

Item	Overstriking coin	Metal	Date	Overstruck type
22526 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Heliocles II) (AE Zeus/elephant) over Agathocleia/Strato I (Athena/Heracles) (Gorny & Mosch, 297, Oct. 2023, 399)		Bronze	90 BC JL
22529 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Heliocles II) (AE Zeus/elephant) over Hermaeus (Zeus/horse) (Gorny & Mosch, 297, Oct. 2023, 400)		Bronze	89 BC JL
3773 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Heliocles II) (AE Zeus/elephant) over Strato I (Heracles/Nike) (Bopearachchi 2008, 11)		Bronze	91 BC JL
2810 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Heliocles II) (AE Zeus/elephant) over Hermaeus (Zeus/horse) (Senior - MacDonald 1998, p. 9, 1-2)		Bronze	89 BC JL
2757 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Heliocles II) (AE Zeus/elephant) over Eucratides I (Eucratides I/Dioscuri) (Bopearachchi 2008, 5)		Bronze	92 BC JL
2691 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Heliocles II) (AE Zeus/elephant) over Agathocleia/Strato I (Athena/Heracles) (Bopearachchi 2008, 6)		Bronze	90 BC JL
3265 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Heliocles II) (AE Zeus/elephant) over Agathocleia/Strato I (Athena/Heracles) (Bopearachchi 2008, 7)		Bronze	90 BC JL
2904 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Heliocles II) (AE Zeus/elephant) over Agathocleia/Strato I (Athena/Heracles) (CNG, 106, Sept. 2017, 567)		Bronze	90 BC JL
2840 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Heliocles II) (AE Zeus/elephant) over Agathocleia/Strato I (Athena/Heracles) (MacDonald coll., 150)		Bronze	90 BC JL
2750 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Heliocles II) (AE Zeus/elephant) over Strato I (Heracles/Nike) (V coins store, March 2018)		Bronze	91 BC JL
3218 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Heliocles II) (AE Zeus/elephant) over Strato I (Heracles/Nike) (Bopearachchi 2008, 9)		Bronze	91 BC JL
2875 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Heliocles II) (AE Zeus/elephant) over Agathocleia/Strato I (Athena/Heracles) (MacDonald coll., 151)		Bronze	90 BC JL
3305 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Heliocles II) (AE Zeus/elephant) over Agathocleia/Strato I (Athena/Heracles) (MacDonald coll., 152)		Bronze	90 BC JL
2692 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Heliocles II) (AE Zeus/elephant) over Agathocleia/Strato I (Athena/Heracles) (London, BM, 1888-12-8.268)		Bronze	90 BC JL
2653 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Heliocles II) (AE Zeus/elephant) over Agathocleia/Strato I (Athena/Heracles) (Bopearachchi 1989, 4)		Bronze	90 BC JL
3515 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Heliocles II) (AE Zeus/elephant) over Agathocleia/Strato I (Athena/Heracles) (Paris, BnF, D 2216)		Bronze	90 BC JL
2661 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Heliocles II) (AE Zeus/elephant) over Agathocleia/Strato I (Athena/Heracles) (Paris, BnF, L 3058)		Bronze	90 BC JL
2823 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Heliocles II) (AE Zeus/elephant) over Agathocleia/Strato I (Athena/Heracles) (London, BM, 1860-12-20.16)		Bronze	90 BC JL
3312 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Heliocles II) (AE elephant/bull) over Strato I (Heracles/Nike) (London, BM, 1857-8-13.8)		Bronze	91 BC JL
2837 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Heliocles II) (AE Zeus/elephant) over Strato I (Heracles/Nike) (Bopearachchi 2008, 10)		Bronze	91 BC JL
2779 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Heliocles II) (AE Zeus/elephant) over Strato I (Heracles/Nike) (MacDonald coll., 153)		Bronze	91 BC JL
2688 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Heliocles II) (AE Zeus/elephant) over Strato I (Heracles/Nike) (MacDonald coll., 154)		Bronze	91 BC JL
2666 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Heliocles II) (AE Zeus/elephant) over Hermaeus (Zeus/horse) (CNG, EA 414, Feb. 2018, 329)		Bronze	89 BC JL
2700 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Heliocles II) (AE Zeus/elephant) over Strato I (Heracles/Nike) (MacDonald coll., 155)		Bronze	91 BC JL
3794 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Heliocles II) (AE Zeus/elephant) over Strato I? (Heracles/Nike) (CNG, EA 215, July 2009, 345)		Bronze	91 BC JL
3368 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Heliocles II) (AE Zeus/elephant) over Strato I (Heracles/Nike) (CNG, 72, June 2006, 1046)		Bronze	91 BC JL
2824 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Heliocles II) (AE Zeus/elephant) over Antialcidas (Zeus/pilei) (London, BM, 1888-12-08.175)		Bronze	92 BC JL
3524 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Heliocles II) (AE Zeus/elephant) over Hermaeus (Zeus/horse) (Bopearachchi 2008, 12)		Bronze	89 BC JL
2848 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Heliocles II) (AE Zeus/elephant) over Hermaeus (Zeus/horse) (Bopearachchi 2008, 13)		Bronze	89 BC JL
2943 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Heliocles II) (AE Zeus/elephant) over Hermaeus (Zeus/horse) (MacDonald coll., 156)		Bronze	89 BC JL
2694 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Heliocles II) (AE Zeus/elephant) over Hermaeus (Zeus/horse) (MacDonald coll., 157)		Bronze	89 BC JL
2633 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Heliocles II) (AE Zeus/elephant) over Agathocleia/Strato I (Athena/Heracles) (MacDonald coll., 149)		Bronze	90 BC JL

Overstruck coins

Item	Overstruck type	Metal	Date	Overstriking coin
3308 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Strato I) (AE Apollo/tripod) over Heliocles II (elephant/bull) (Senior 20004, 95)		Bronze	110 BC JL
2839 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Amyntas) (AE Zeus/Athena) over Heliocles II (Zeus/elephant) (MacDonald coll., 158)		Bronze	80 BC JL

Heliocles II of Bactria

Type ᵖ	Person
Nomisma ID	http://nomisma.org/id/heliocles_ii_bactria
Links	http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q366125 https://www.freebase.com/m/05sn4d https://ikmk.smb.museum/ndp/person/808

Literature

• Mitchiner 1975 (32 mentions)
• Bopearachchi 1991 (32 mentions)
• HGC 12 (32 mentions)