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Coins of EpanderLe Roi Epandre le Victorieux
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Epander (Greek
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: ) was one of the Indo-Greek
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kings. He may have been a relative of Menander I
Menander I Soter ( grc, Μένανδρος Σωτήρ, Ménandros Sōtḗr, Menander the Saviour; pi, मिलिन्दो, Milinda), was a Greco-Bactrian and later Indo-Greek King (reigned c.165/155Bopearachchi (1998) and (1991), respectivel ...
, and the findplaces of his coins seem to indicate that he ruled in the area of Punjab
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.
Time of reign
Bopearachchi dates Epander to c. 95–90 BC and R. C. Senior to c. 80 BC. The scarcity of his coins indicate that his reign was short and/or his territory limited.Coins of Epander
Epander's silver drachms portray the king indiadem
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Overview
The word derives from the Greek διάδημα ''diádēma'', "band" or "fillet", from διαδέω ''diadéō'', " ...
with a reverse of Athena
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fighting which was the type of Menander I. Epander probably claimed ancestry from this important king, but his epithet ''Nikephoros'' (Victorious) was unique to kings using this reverse: their title was usually ''Soter'' (Saviour). He struck no Attic (monolingual) coins.
Overstrikes
Epander overstruck coins ofStrato I
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* Strato II, Indo-Greek king
* Strato of Lampsacus (c. 335 – c. 269 BC), Greek philosopher
* Straton of Sardis, Greek poet and anthologist
* Abdashtart I (Straton I, 365–352 BC), king ...
and Philoxenus.
See also
* Greco-Bactrian Kingdom * Seleucid Empire *Greco-Buddhism
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* Indo-Scythians
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* Indo-Parthian Kingdom
The Indo-Parthian Kingdom was a Parthian kingdom founded by Gondophares, and active from 19 CE to c. 226 CE. At their zenith, they ruled an area covering parts of eastern Iran, various parts of Afghanistan and the northwest regions of the Indian s ...
* Kushan Empire
References
* ''The Greeks in Bactria and India'', W.W. Tarn, Cambridge University Press.External links
Coins of Epander
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