HELIOCLES II DIKAIOS

Heliocles II Dikaios (Greek: Ηλιοκλής Β' ο Δίκαιος- "the Righteous") is thought to have been one of the later Indo-Greek Kings and a relative of the Bactrian king Heliocles I. Heliocles II was about 30-40 years later, he may have been the son or grandson of Heliocles I.He ruled in 95–80 BCE.

Heliocles II seems to have been engaged in a conquest wars with Strato I in Gandhara and Punjab; the two share several mintmarks and Heliocles II overstruck many of his coins. During this period, a number of kings fought for hegemony in the Indo-Greek territories. Some of them were likely supported by nomad Saka rulers, such as Maues.

Heliocles II used a reverse of standing Zeus, who was a common God among the later Indo-Greek kings. It has been suggested that Heliocles was the son of the important king Antialcidas Nikephoros (whose type was sitting Zeus) and perhaps the grandson of Heliocles I. Therefore, he was the older brother of the king Archebius Nikephoros Dikaios, who seems to have succeeded Heliocles II in Gandhara (perhaps after his death from disease; Heliocles looks emaciated on his later portraits). Archebius uses a very similar reverse and combines the epithets of Heliocles II and Antialcidas; in addition, their coin portraits are similar, with hooked noses and fierce expressions.

R.C. Senior has instead suggested a connection with Demetrius III, who used a similar reverse of standing Zeus.
Heliocles II issued Indian silver with portrait (diademed, helmeted or spear-throwing) / standing Zeus and bronzes with bearded diademed portrait (Heliocles or Zeus) / elephant.

It is uncertain whether he struck Attic coins. A number of posthumous coins for Heliocles I have been found in Bactria; possibly some of these may have been struck by Heliocles II, though there are no similar monograms.

SOURCE:Wikipedia