Epander
Epander (Greek: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Épandros meaning "above man"<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>) was one of the Indo-Greek kings. He may have been a relative of Menander I, and the findplaces of his coins seem to indicate that he ruled in the area of Punjab.
Time of reignEdit
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 EpanderEdit
Epander's silver drachms portray the king in diadem with a reverse of Athena 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.
OverstrikesEdit
Epander overstruck coins of Strato I and Philoxenus.
See alsoEdit
- Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
- Seleucid Empire
- Greco-Buddhism
- Indo-Scythians
- Indo-Parthian Kingdom
- Kushan Empire
ReferencesEdit
- The Greeks in Bactria and India, W.W. Tarn, Cambridge University Press.
External linksEdit
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