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Baktria, Heliokles II Radiate Zeus-Mithra Tetradrachm.
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Baktria. Heliokles II. Circa 90-75 BC. AR Tetradrachm (9.83 gm, 26.5mm, 12h) of E. Gandhara or W. Punjab. Diademed and draped bust r. / Radiate Zeus standing l., brandishing thunderbolt and holding long sceptre. Maharajasa dhramikasa Heliyakreya (Karosthi: of Great King Heliokes the Just). ᚖᴾmonogram to lower l. EF. CNG Auction 117 #357. "Minor pitting on obverse, a few light scratches, trace of smoothing on reverse. Rare." Bopearachchi Série 1A; SNG ANS 9 #1139, 1140, 1141 (same rev. die); HGC 12 #377; MIG 2 Type 288b.
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