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ID:     721047
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Ancient East
Region:     GRAECO-BACTRIAN & INDO-GREEK
Issuer:     Heliokles II
Date Ruled:     Circa 110-100 BC
Metal:     Bronze
Denomination:     Square Unit
Weight:     7.88 g
Die Axis:     12 h
Obverse Description:     Diademed and draped bust right
Reverse Description:     Elephant standing left, holding wreath in upraised trunk; in exergue
Primary Reference:     cf.Bopearachchi Série 07f
Reference2:     cf. Bopearachchi & Rahman 470
Reference3:     cf. SNG ANS 1153-1154 (all examples with elephant’s trunk lowered)
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=84815
Grade:     Good VF, green patina, smoothed
Notes:     Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1047 An apparently unpublished reverse for this ruler.