- Pantaleon
coin of king Pantaleon.
Obv: Bust ofDionysos with a wreath of leaves.
Rev: Panther with a small bell around the neck, touching avine with the left leg. Greek
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Obv: DancingLakshmi with legend in Brahmi: RAJANE PAMTALEVASA "King Pantaleon".
Rev: Buddhist lion, with legend in Greek BASILEOS PANTALEONTOS "King Pantaleon".] :"For the Christian saint, seeSaint Pantaleon ; for the instrument, seePantalon ; for the Lydian prince seePantaleon (disambiguation) ."King Pantaleon reigned some time between 190 BCE - 180 BCE and is one of the most enigmatic of the Greek kings in Bactria and India. He was a younger contemporary or successor of theGreco-Bactrian king Demetrius, and is sometimes believed to have been his brother and/or subking. He was the first Greek king to strike Indian coins, peculiar irregular bronzes which suggests he had his base inArachosia andGandhara and wanted support from the native population.The limited size of his coinage indicates a short reign. Known evidence suggests that he was replaced by his (probable) brother or son Agathocles, by whom he was commemorated on a "pedigree" coin. Some of his coins (as well as those of Agathocles and
Euthydemus II ) have another surprising characteristic: they are made of copper-nickel alloy, a technology that would not be developed in the West until the 18th century, but was known by the Chinese at the time. This suggests that exchanges of the metallic alloy or technicians happened between China and the region of Bactria.External links
* [http://www.coinarchives.com/a/results.php?results=100&search=Pantaleon+AND+tri+NOT+Euthydemos+NOT+Diodotos&Thumb=1 Coins of Pantaleon]
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