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Archebius Dikaios Nikephoros ("The Just and Victorious")
Indo-Greek king
Coin of Archebios.jpg
Coin of Archebios.
Obv: Helmetted king Archebius. Greek legend: ARCHEBIOU DIKAIOU NIKEPHOROU "Of Archebius the Just and Victorious"
Rev: Zeus, with Kharoshthi legend: MAHARAJASA DHRAMIKASA JAYADHARASA ARKHEBIYASA "Archebios, the victorious king of the Dharma.
Reign 90–80 BCE
Coin of Archebius.
Obv: Bareheaded king Archebius.
Rev: Zeus, with Kharoshthi legend: MAHARAJASA DHRAMIKASA JAYADHARASA ARKHEBIYASA "Archebios, the victorious king of the Dharma.

Archebius Dikaios Nikephoros (Greek: Ἀρχέβιος ὁ Δίκαιος, ὁ Νικηφόρος; epithets mean respectively, "the Just", "the Victorious") was an Indo-Greek king who ruled in the area of Taxila. Osmund Bopearachchi dates him to c. 90–80 BCE, and R. C. Senior to about the same period. He was probably one of the last Indo-Greek kings before the Saka king Maues conquered Taxila, and a contemporary of Hermaeus in the west. He may have been a relative of 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.

INDO-GREEK KINGS AND THEIR TERRITORIES
Based on Bopearachchi (1991)
Territories/
Dates
PAROPAMISADE
ARACHOSIA GANDHARA WESTERN PUNJAB EASTERN PUNJAB
200–190 BC Demetrius I DemetriusCoin.jpg
190–180 BC Agathocles AgathoclesWithAlexander.jpg PantaleonCoin of Greco-Baktrian Kingdom king Pantaleon.jpg
185–170 BC Antimachus IAntimachusMedaille.jpg
180–160 BC Apollodotus ICoin of Indo-Greek king Apollodotos I.jpg
175–170 BC Demetrius II Coin of the Baktrian king Demetrios II.jpg
170–145 BC EucratidesTetradrachm Eukratides.jpg
160–155 BC Antimachus IICoin of Antimachus II.jpg
155–130 BC Menander IMenander Alexandria-Kapisa.jpg
130–120 BC Zoilos IZoilosI-525.jpg AgathokleiaCoin of Agathokleia.jpg
120–110 BC Lysias Lysias-150.jpg Strato ICoin of Agathokleia & Strato.jpg
110–100 BC AntialcidasCoin of Antialcidas.jpg Heliokles IICoin of Heliocles II.jpg
100 BC PolyxenosCoin of Indo-Greek king Polyxenos.jpg Demetrius IIIDemetrius Aniketou.jpg
100–95 BC PhiloxenusCoin of Philoxenos.jpg
95–90 BC DiomedesCoin of Diomedes Soter.jpg Amyntas Coin of Amyntas Nicator.jpg EpanderCoin of Epander.jpg
90 BC Theophilos Theophilos-634.jpg PeukolaosPeukolaos coin.jpg Thraso
90–85 BC NiciasCoin of Indo-Greek king Nikias Soter.jpg Menander IICoin of Menander Dikaiou.jpg ArtemidorosCoin of Artimedoros.jpg
90–70 BC HermaeusHermaeusCoin.jpg ArchebiosCoin of Indo-Greek king Archebios.jpg
Yuezhi tribes Maues (Indo-Scythian)
75–70 BC Telephos Coin of Telephos.jpg Apollodotus IICoin of Appollodotos II.jpg
65–55 BC HippostratosCoin of Hippostratos.jpg DionysiosDyonisos coin.jpg
55–35 BC Azes I (Indo-Scythian) Zoilos IIZoilosIICoin.JPG
55–35 BC ApollophanesCoin of Apollophanes.jpg
25 BC – 10 AD Strato II & III Coin of Strato II.jpg
Rajuvula (Indo-Scythian)

External links

References

  • "The Shape of Ancient Thought. Comparative studies in Greek and Indian Philosophies" by Thomas McEvilley (Allworth Press and the School of Visual Arts, 2002) 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", W. W. Tarn, Cambridge University Press.
Preceded by as ruler in Arachosia and Gandhara Indo-Greek ruler in Arachosia, Gandhara and Punjab
90–80 BCE
Succeeded by
Maues
as Indo-Scythian king
Preceded by as ruler in Punjab