Apollophanes
Sign in to savethumb|300px|Coin of Apollophanes Soter, Khanroshthi legend: "Maharajasa tratarasa Aplaphanasa" (Saviour King Apollophanes). Apollophanes Soter (Greek: ; epithet means "the Saviour"; reigned c. 35 – 25 BCE) was an Indo-Greek king in the area of eastern and central Punjab in modern India and Pakistan.
Key facts
- Monarch.name
- Apollophanes
- Monarch.succession
- Indo-Greek king
- Monarch.image
- Coin of Apollophanes.jpg
- Monarch.caption
- Silver drachm of king Apollophanes (r. 35-25 BCE).Obv: Helmeted bust of king. Greek legend: BASILEOS SOTEROS APOLLOPHANOU "Of Saviour King Apollophanes".Rev: Pallas with aegis and thunderbolt. Kharoshthi legend: MAHARAJASA TRATARASA APALAVINASA "Saviour king Apollophanes".
- Monarch.reign
- 35–25 BCE
- Monarch.death_place
- Mathura
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of death
- Mathura
- Child
- Strato II
- Father
- Zoilus II
- Occupation
- monarch
- Image
- Coin of Apollophanes.jpg
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- date of birth
- 0100-01-01
- Commons category
- Apollophanes
- time period
- Hellenistic period
- date of death
- 0060-00-00
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Rule
- Coins of Apollophanes
- See also
- References
- References
thumb|300px|Coin of Apollophanes Soter, Khanroshthi legend: "Maharajasa tratarasa Aplaphanasa" (Saviour King Apollophanes). Apollophanes Soter (Greek: ; epithet means "the Saviour"; reigned c. 35 – 25 BCE) was an Indo-Greek king in the area of eastern and central Punjab in modern India and Pakistan.
==Rule== Little is known about him, except for some of his remaining coins. The dating is Osmund Bopearachchi's, but R. C. Senior suggests approximately the same dates. Earlier scholars, such as Professor Ahmed Hasan Dani, W.W. Tarn and A.K. Narain dated Apollophanes considerably earlier, but the style and finding places of his coins make it clear that he belonged to the last line of eastern Indo-Greek kings, not long before they were overcome completely by pressure from the Indo-Scythians.
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