Silver tetradrachm of Kushan king Heraios. Obv: Bust of Heraios, with Greek royal headband. Rev: Horse-mounted King, crowned with a wreath by the Greek goddess of victory Nike. Greek legend: ΤΥΡΑΝΝΟΥΟΤΟΣ ΗΛΟΥ - ΣΑΝΑΒ - ΚΟϷϷΑΝΟΥ "The Tyrant Heraios, Sanav (meaning unknown), of the Kushans".
Kushan ruler
Reign
c. 1 –30 CE[citation needed]
Coronation
1 BCE
Predecessor
Sapadbizes
Successor
Kujula Kadphises
Born
23 BCE Taskhand
Died
30 CE Srinagar ?
Issue
Kujula Kadphises,
Vima Takto
Names
Heraios Kadphises
Dynasty
Kushan
Kushan emperors 30 CE–350 CE
Heraios
1–30 CE
Kujula Kadphises
50–90 CE
Vima Takto
90–113 CE
Vima Kadphises
113–127 CE
Kanishka I
127–151 CE
Huvishka
151–190 CE
Vasudeva I
190–230 CE
Kanishka II
230–247 CE
Vāsishka
247–267 CE
Kanishka III
267–270 CE
Vasudeva II
270–300 CE
Mahi
300–305 CE
Shaka
305–335 CE
Kipunada
335–350 CE
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Heraios (Bactrian: Ηλου Ēlou, sometimes Heraus, Heraos, Miaos) was apparently a king or clan chief of the Kushans (reign: c. 1 –30 CE[citation needed]), one of the five constituent tribes of the Yuezhi, in Bactria, in the early 1st century CE.[1]
Several scholars question his existence as a separate historical figure and suggest that "Heraios" may have been another name for his nominal successor Kujula Kadphises.[2] For example, numismatist Joe Cribb points out the similarity of coins minted by Kujula to those of a Greco-Bactrian predecessor named Hermaios Soter (or Hermaeus Soter). Moreover, some portraits of Kujula resemble Hermaios, suggesting that Kujula may have initially reused the design of coins issued during the reign of Hermaios Soter.[3]
The coins bearing the name Heraios were silver and made in the Hellenistic style, using the Greek script. The reverse shows the winged Greek goddess of victory Nike holding out a wreath, over Heraios mounted on a horse. He wears a tunic and has a large bow on the side. Some portraits show Heraios with a marked artificial skull deformation, a characteristic of several Kushan portraits and sculptures of the 1st century CE. On some of the Heraios coins, his name has sometimes been read as ΗΛΟΥ or ΗΙΛΟΥ, which has been transliterated as "Ilou". However other readings of the same texts include "Maou" and "Miaou".
Another coin type of Heraois, c. 1- 30/50 CE
The ethnonym "KOϷϷANO" (Koshshano, "Kushans") in Greek alphabet (with the addition of the letter Ϸ, "Sh") on a coin of Heraios.
Tetradrachm, obverse: diademed Heraos right, 1st half of the 1st century CE. From Vakhsh, Tajikistan.
^Ancient Coin Collecting VI: Non-Classical Cultures p.92 Wayne G. Sayles F+W Media, Inc, 1999
^Rezakhani 2017, p. 54.
^Cribb, Joe (1993). The Heraus Coins: Their Attribution to the Kushan King Kujula Kadphises, c. AD 30-80(PDF). London: Spink. pp. 116–140. Retrieved 2018-03-08. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
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very worn coin has been identified as belonging to the Yuezhi chieftain Heraios, or Sapadbizes (20 BCE - 20 CE). It is thought that the site most likely...
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Another coin type of Heraois, c. 1- 30/50 CE
The ethnonym "KOϷϷANO" (Koshshano, "Kushans") in Greek alphabet (with the addition of the letter Ϸ, "Sh") on a coin of Heraios.
Tetradrachm, obverse: diademed Heraos right, 1st half of the 1st century CE. From Vakhsh, Tajikistan.
