King Diomedes

King Diomedes

Diomedes Soter "the Saviour" was an Indo-Greek king. The findplaces of his coins seem to indicate that his rule was based in the area of the Paropamisade, possibly with temporary dominions further east. Judging from their similar portraits and many overlapping monograms, the young Diomedes seems to have been the heir (and probably a relative) of Philoxenus, the last king to rule before the kingdom of Menander I finally fragmented.

Time of reign

Bopearachchi dates Diomedes to c. 95-90 BCE and R.C. Senior to c. 115-105 BCE.

Coins of Diomedes

Diomedes depicted the Dioscurion his coins, either on horseback or standing: both types were previously used by Eucratides I. It is however uncertain how the two were related, since Eucratides I died long before Diomedes.

Diomedes minted both Attic-type coins (Greco-Bactrian style, with Greek legend only), and bilingual coins (with Greek and Kharoshthi), indicating that he was ruling in the western part of the Indo-Greek territory.

Overstrikes

One overstrike is known, of a coin of Strato and Agathokleia over a coin of Diomedes, ref|Bop. This overstrike could indicate that Diomedes fought over the central areas of the Indo-Greek territories with Strato and Agathokleia.


Notes

# Bopearachchi, "De l'Indus à l'Oxus", p129

External links

* [http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/baktria/kings/diomedes/t.html Coins of Diomedes]
* [http://www.coinarchives.com/a/results.php?results=100&search=Diomedes+AND+baktr&Thumb=1 Other coins of Diomedes]

ee also

* Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
* Seleucid Empire
* Greco-Buddhism
* Indo-Scythians
* Indo-Parthian Kingdom
* Kushan Empire

References

* cite book
last = Tarn
first = W. W.
authorlink = William Woodthorpe Tarn
coauthors =
title = The Greeks in Bactria and India
year = 1984
publisher = Ares
location = Chicago
id = ISBN 0-89005-524-6
* cite book
last = Bopearachchi
first = Osmund
authorlink = Bopearachchi
coauthors =
title = De l'Indus à l'Oxus, Archéologie de l'Asie Centrale
year = 2003
publisher = Association imago-musée de Lattes
location = Lattes
language = French
id = ISBN 2-9516679-2-2


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