Pacores
{{Short description|2nd century ruler of the Indo-Parthian Kingdom of Arachosia}}
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Pacores or Pakores (Greek: ΠΑΚΟΡΗϹ Pakorēs; Kharosthi: 𐨤𐨐𐨂𐨪 {{IAST|Pa-ku-ra}}, {{IAST|Pakura}};Gardner, Percy, The Coins of the Greek and Scythic Kings of Bactria and India in the British Museum, p. 110 Aramaic: {{lang|arc|𐡐𐡊𐡅𐡓𐡉}} pkwry){{cite web |title=CNG: Feature Auction CNG 112. INDO-PARTHIANS, Gondopharid Dynasty. Pakores. Mid-late 1st century AD. AR Drachm (19mm, 3.50 g, 12h). Uncertain mint in Seistan. |url=https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=387950 |website=www.cngcoins.com |accessdate=20 March 2020}} (100–135 AD) was a king who ruled the remnants of the Indo-Parthian Kingdom in Arachosia from 100–130 AD following Ubouzanes. He was an Indo-Parthian king.Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage - Michael Mitchiner - 1976, Volumes 7 à 9 - Pages 670, 717 and 770 He is well-known from coins minted in Seistan and Kandahar, mostly silver drachms and tetradrachms. The time of his reign can be determined as many of his coins over strike those of Vima Takto.{{fact|date=August 2024}}
He is the last well attested ruler. After his coins there is a single surviving coin with the name Abdagases II and a set of poorly made Indo-Parthian coins with unnamed rulers before the Kushan Empire conquered it.{{fact|date=August 2024}}
References
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- Christine Fröhlich. "[http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/indo-parthian-dynasty-1 Indo-Parthian Dynasty]." Encyclopædia Iranica.
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Category:2nd-century monarchs in Asia