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Yuezhi monarchs
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Sapadbizes
thumb|300px|right|Coin of the first identifiable Yuezhi prince, Sapadbizes (c. 20-1 BC). Obv: Bust of Sapadbizes. Greek legend ϹΑΠΑΔΒΙΖΗϹ "Sapadbizes". Rev: Lion with Greek legend ΝΑΝΑΙΑ repeated left and right (Moon goddess). Tamgha of hill & crescent. Qunduz mint, in [[Afghanistan.]] Sapadbizes (Σαπαδβιζης), also Sapalbizes or Sapaleizis, was a ruler of western Bactria, sometimes linked to the Yuezhi. He is known only from his coins, which are rather rare, and are dated to circa 20 BC - 20 AD. Two clues provide an approximate date for this ruler. He is believed to have overstruck the coins o