 Silver tetradrachm of Kushan king Heraios ( 1- 30 CE) in Greco-Bactrian style. 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: TVPANNOVOTOΣ HΛOV - ΣΛNΛB - KOÞÞANOY "The Tyrant Heraios, Sanav (meaning unknown), of the Kushans". Heraios or Heraus (reign: 1-30 CE) was a clan chief of the Kushans, one of the five constituent tribes of the Yuezhi confederacy in Bactria in the early first century CE, roughly at the time when the Kushans were starting their invasion of India.
His coins were made in the Hellenistic style and used the Greek writing. The reverse shows the winged Greek god of victory Nike holding out a wreath over the king mounted on a horse. The king wears a tunic and has a large bow on the side.
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