Editing Epander

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| image           =Epander portrait.jpg
| caption         =Portrait of Epander.
| reign           =95–90 BC
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[[File:Epander round bilingual.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Coin of Epander. Greek legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΕΠΑΝΔΡΟΥ ''Basileos Nikephorou Epandrou,'' "Of the Victorious King Epander".]]
[[File:Epander.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Coin of Epander. Greek legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΕΠΑΝΔΡΟΥ ''Basileos Nikephorou Epandrou,'' "Of the Victorious King Epander".]]
[[File:Epander square bilingual.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Indian-standard coin of Epander. Greek legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΕΠΑΝΔΡΟΥ ''Basileos Nikephorou Epandrou,'' "Of the Victorious King Epander".]]
'''Epander''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: {{lang|grc|Ἔπανδρος}} ''Épandros'' meaning "above man"<ref>{{Cite web |title=User-submitted name Epandros - Behind the Name |url=https://www.behindthename.com/name/epandros/submitted |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=www.behindthename.com}}</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 region|Punjab]].

==Time of reign==
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 Epander==
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.

==Overstrikes==
Epander overstruck coins of [[Strato I]] and [[King Philoxenus|Philoxenus]].

{{Indo-Greek kings}}

==See also==
* [[Greco-Bactrian Kingdom]]
* [[Seleucid Empire]]
* [[Greco-Buddhism]]
* [[Indo-Scythians]]
* [[Indo-Parthian Kingdom]]
* [[Kushan Empire]]

==References==
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* ''The Greeks in Bactria and India'', W.W. Tarn, Cambridge University Press.

==External links==
*[http://www.coinarchives.com/a/results.php?results=100&search=Epander&Thumb=1 Coins of Epander]
*[https://www.academia.edu/36455902/LE_ROI_EPANDRE_LE_VICTORIEUX_DU_PENDJAB Le Roi Epandre le Victorieux]

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{{s-bef|before=[[Philoxenus Anicetus|Philoxenus]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[Indo-Greek Kingdom|Indo-Greek]] ruler in [[Punjab region|Punjab]]|years=95–90 BCE}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Apollodotus II]]}}
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[[Category:Indo-Greek kings]]
[[Category:1st-century BC monarchs in Asia]]