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Archebius

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| name =Archebius Dikaios Nikephoros ("The Just and Victorious")

| succession =Indo-Greek king

| image =Archebios portrait.jpg

| caption =Portrait of Archebios on one of his tetradrachms

| reign =90–80 BCE

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File:Archebios Tetradrachm.jpg, with Kharoshthi legend: MAHARAJASA DHRAMIKASA JAYADHARASA ARKHEBIYASA "Archebios, the victorious king of the Dharma.|300x300px]]

File:Archebios bareheaded.jpg, with Kharoshthi legend: MAHARAJASA DHRAMIKASA JAYADHARASA ARKHEBIYASA "Archebios, the victorious king of the Dharma.]]

File:Archebios holding spear.jpg, with Kharoshthi legend: MAHARAJASA DHRAMIKASA JAYADHARASA ARKHEBIYASA "Archebios, the victorious king of the Dharma.]]

File:Archebios with elephant and owl.jpg

Archebius Dikaios Nikephoros (Greek: {{lang|grc|Ἀρχέβιος ὁ Δίκαιος, ὁ Νικηφόρος}}; epithets mean respectively, "the Just", "the Victorious"; formerly read as "Archelius""In the Masson collection of 1836 were found Archebius ( read at the time as 'Archelius')" in {{cite book |last1=Imam |first1=Abu |title=Sir Alexander Cunningham and the Beginnings of Indian Archaeology |date=1966 |publisher=Asiatic Society of Pakistan |page=134 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dAUaAAAAYAAJ |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Prinsep |first1=James |title=Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Vol V 1836 |pages=548–549 |url=https://archive.org/stream/JournalOfTheAsiaticSocietyOfBengalVolV1836/Jasb1836Full#page/n629/mode/2up |language=English}}) 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.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}

Coin types

Archebius' name means "ruler of life" deriving from ἄρχω (“to rule”) and βίος ("life”).{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} He 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 also issued bronzes with Nike on one side and an owl on the other.

Overstrikes

Archebius overstruck two coins of Peukolaos.

File:Coin of Indo-Greek king Archebios.jpg|King thrusting javelin, with Zeus holding thunderbolt.

File:Coin of Indo Greek ruler Archebios.jpg|Bust of Zeus, and caps of the Dioscuri with palms.

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References

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External links

  • [http://coinindia.com/galleries-archebios.html Coins of Archebius]
  • [http://www.coinarchives.com/a/results.php?results=100&search=Archebios+NOT+oriental&Thumb=1 More Coins of Archebios]

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{{s-bef|before=Menander II|as=ruler in Arachosia and Gandhara}}

{{s-ttl|rows=2|title=Indo-Greek ruler in Arachosia, Gandhara and Punjab|years=90–80 BCE}}

{{s-aft|rows=2|after=Maues|as=Indo-Scythian king}}

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{{s-bef|before=Artemidoros|as=ruler in Punjab}}

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Category:Indo-Greek kings

Category:1st-century BC monarchs in Asia