Archebius
| Archebius Dikaios Nikephoros ("The Just and Victorious") | |
|---|---|
Indo-Greek king | |
| Reign | 90–80 BCE |
Kharoshthi legend: MAHARAJASA DHRAMIKASA JAYADHARASA ARKHEBIYASA "Archebios, the victorious king of the Dharma
.Kharoshthi legend: MAHARAJASA DHRAMIKASA JAYADHARASA ARKHEBIYASA "Archebios, the victorious king of the Dharma
.Kharoshthi legend: MAHARAJASA DHRAMIKASA JAYADHARASA ARKHEBIYASA "Archebios, the victorious king of the Dharma
.
Archebius Dikaios Nikephoros (
Heliokles II
, who used a similar reverse and also the title Dikaios.
Coin types
Archebius issued silver with diademed or helmeted king, sometimes in spear-throwing pose. On the reverse is Zeus standing facing, holding a thunderbolt or on some issues an aegis.
Archebius also struck a rare series of Attic tetradrachms, found in Bactria.
He issued bronzes with an owl / Nike.
Overstrikes
Archebius overstruck two coins of
Peukolaos
.
-
King thrusting javelin. -
Bust of Zeus, and caps of theDioscuriwith palms.
References
- ^ "In the Masson collection of 1836 were found Archebius ( read at the time as 'Archelius')" in Imam, Abu (1966). Sir Alexander Cunningham and the Beginnings of Indian Archaeology. Asiatic Society of Pakistan. p. 134.
- ^ Prinsep, James. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Vol V 1836. pp. 548–549.
- ISBN 1-58115-203-5
- Buddhism in Central Asia by B. N. Puri (Motilal Banarsidass Pub, January 1, 2000) ISBN 81-208-0372-8
- The Greeks in Bactria and India by W. W. Tarn, Cambridge University Press.