Spalagadames
Sign in to savethumb|Silver tetradrachm of king Vonones of Indo-Scythia|Vonones mentioning his nephew Spalagadames, son of his brother [[Spalahores]] Spalagadames (Kharosthi: '''''' , ) was an Iranian king, who ruled Sakastan in the last quarter of the 1st-century BC after his father Spalahores, who was himself possibly a brother of king Vonones. Spalagadames has been suggested by the Iranologist Khodadad Rezakhani to be the same figure as the first Indo-Parthian king Gondophares ().
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thumb|Silver tetradrachm of king Vonones of Indo-Scythia|Vonones mentioning his nephew Spalagadames, son of his brother [[Spalahores]] Spalagadames (Kharosthi: '''''' , ) was an Iranian king, who ruled Sakastan in the last quarter of the 1st-century BC after his father Spalahores, who was himself possibly a brother of king Vonones. Spalagadames has been suggested by the Iranologist Khodadad Rezakhani to be the same figure as the first Indo-Parthian king Gondophares ().
==Name== Spalagadames's name is attested on his coins in the Kharosthi form (), which is derived from the Saka name , meaning "commander of army".