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unusual facts about Antiochus Nikator


Antiochus Nikator

The later Bactrian king Agathocles honoured earlier rulers of Bactria on commemorative coins.



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Agathocles of Bactria

Agathocles issued a series of "pedigree" dynastic coins, probably with the intent to advertise his lineage and legitimize his rule, linking him to Alexander the Great, a king Antiochus Nikator (Greek: "Νικάτωρ" "Victorious", probably intended is Antiochus III), the founder of the Greco-Bactrian kingdom Diodotus and his son Diodotus II, Euthydemus, Pantaleon, and Demetrius.