YüehChi / Kushans, AE didrachm, Heliokles’ imitation

YüehChi / Early Kushans. Posthumous issue/imitation of Bactrian Greek issue of Heliokles I (145-130 BC)

After the YüehChi (future Kushans) overran Bactria in the 2nd century BC, they began issuing coins that imitated earlier Indo-Greek and Greco-Bactrian rulers, such as Heliokles I (145–130BC). These imitations marked the transition from Greek to Kushan rule, preserving Hellenistic designs while incorporating nomadic Central Asian influences

AE didrachm (4.37 g, 19.5 – 20 mm)

OBVERSE: Diademed and draped bust right

REVERSE: Zeus standing facing, radiate, holding thunderbolt in right hand, spear in left, blundered Greek legend: BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΔIKAIOY / HΛIOKΛEOYΣ

XF. Exceptional portrait. RARE denomination

Reference: Z-340740 (this coin)

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