Editing Archebius

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[[File:Archebios Tetradrachm.jpg|thumb|<small>Tetradrachm of Archebios.<br>Obv: Helmetted king Archebius. Greek legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΑΡΧΕΒΙΟΥ "Of King Archebius the Just and Victorious"<br>Rev: [[Zeus]], with [[Kharoshthi]] legend: MAHARAJASA DHRAMIKASA JAYADHARASA ARKHEBIYASA "Archebios, the victorious king of the [[Dharma]].</small>|300x300px]]
[[File:Archebios bareheaded.jpg|thumb|300px|Coin of Archebius.<br>Obv: Bareheaded king Archebius. With Greek legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΑΡΧΕΒΙΟΥ "Of King Archebius the Just and Victorious"<br>Rev: [[Zeus]], with [[Kharoshthi]] legend: MAHARAJASA DHRAMIKASA JAYADHARASA ARKHEBIYASA "Archebios, the victorious king of the [[Dharma]].]]
[[File:Archebios holding spear.jpg|thumb|300px|Coin of Archebius.<br>Obv: Helmetted king Archebius holding a spear. With Greek legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΑΡΧΕΒΙΟΥ "Of King Archebius the Just and Victorious"<br>Rev: [[Zeus]], with [[Kharoshthi]] legend: MAHARAJASA DHRAMIKASA JAYADHARASA ARKHEBIYASA "Archebios, the victorious king of the [[Dharma]].]]
[[File:Archebios with elephant and owl.jpg|thumb|300px|Archebios coin with elephant and owl.]]

'''Archebius Dikaios Nikephoros''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: {{lang|grc|Ἀρχέβιος ὁ Δίκαιος, ὁ Νικηφόρος}}; [[epithet]]s mean respectively, "the Just", "the Victorious"; formerly read as "Archelius"<ref>"In the Masson collection of 1836 were found Archebius ( read at the time as 'Archelius')" in {{cite book |last1=Imam |first1=Abu |title=Sir Alexander Cunningham and the Beginnings of Indian Archaeology |date=1966 |publisher=Asiatic Society of Pakistan |page=134 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dAUaAAAAYAAJ |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Prinsep |first1=James |title=Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Vol V 1836 |pages=548–549 |url=https://archive.org/stream/JournalOfTheAsiaticSocietyOfBengalVolV1836/Jasb1836Full#page/n629/mode/2up |language=English}}</ref>) was an [[Indo-Greek]] king who ruled in the area of [[Taxila]]. [[Osmund Bopearachchi]] dates him to c. 90–80 BCE, and R. C. Senior to about the same period. He was probably one of the last Indo-Greek kings before the [[Saka]] king [[Maues]] conquered Taxila, and a contemporary of [[Hermaeus]] in the west. He may have been a relative of [[Heliokles II]], who used a similar reverse and also the title Dikaios.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}

==Coin types==
Archebius' name means "ruler of life" deriving from ἄρχω (“to rule”) and βίος ("life”).{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} He issued silver with diademed or helmeted king, sometimes in spear-throwing pose. On the reverse is Zeus standing facing, holding a thunderbolt or on some issues an aegis.

Archebius also struck a rare series of Attic tetradrachms, found in Bactria.

He also issued bronzes with [[Nike (mythology)|Nike]] on one side and an owl on the other.

==Overstrikes==
Archebius overstruck two coins of [[Peukolaos]].

<gallery widths="220" heights="120" perrow="4">
File:Coin of Indo-Greek king Archebios.jpg|King thrusting javelin, with [[Zeus]] holding thunderbolt.
File:Coin of Indo Greek ruler Archebios.jpg|Bust of Zeus, and caps of the [[Dioscuri]] with palms.
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}
* ''[[The Shape of Ancient Thought|The Shape of Ancient Thought. Comparative studies in Greek and Indian Philosophies]]'' by Thomas McEvilley (Allworth Press and the School of Visual Arts, 2002) {{ISBN|1-58115-203-5}}
* ''Buddhism in Central Asia'' by B. N. Puri (Motilal Banarsidass Pub, January 1, 2000) {{ISBN|81-208-0372-8}}
* ''The Greeks in Bactria and India'' by W. W. Tarn, Cambridge University Press.

==External links==
*[http://coinindia.com/galleries-archebios.html Coins of Archebius]
*[http://www.coinarchives.com/a/results.php?results=100&search=Archebios+NOT+oriental&Thumb=1 More Coins of Archebios]

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{{s-aft|rows=2|after=[[Maues]]|as=[[Indo-Scythian]] king}}
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{{s-bef|before=[[Artemidoros]]|as=ruler in Punjab}}
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[[Category:Indo-Greek kings]]
[[Category:1st-century BC monarchs in Asia]]