Indische Palaographie von circa 350 a. Chr. – circa 1300 p. Chr. c19.16

c19.16

§ 24. Heliocles. — After the reign of *Heliocles* (c. b.c. 160—120) the transference of the Greek power from Bactria to territory south of the Paropanisus was complete. Until his time, many of the Greek princes had ruled both in Bactria and in India, and had struck coins both of Bactrian fabric bearing purely Greek legends, and of Indian fabric with bilingual inscriptions. Up to this date all the silver coins were struck according to the Attic standard (drachm = 67,5 grains or 4,37 grammes). This Attic standard gradually gives place to the Persian standard (v. sup. § 8). Heliocles himself, Apollodotus I, and Antialcidas use both standards; all the later Greek princes use the Persian standard only.