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| caption =Portrait of Peucolaos
| reign =c. 90 BCE
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[[File:Peucolaos Soter Dikaios Tetradrachm.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Peucolaos Tetradrachm. '''Obv''' Diademed king, legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ KAI ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ/ ΠΕΥΚΟΛΑΟΥ "King Peukolaos, the Just and the Saviour". '''Rev.''' ''Maharajasa dhramikasa tratarasa/ Piükulaäsa'' ""King Peukolaos, follower of the Dharma and Saviour". [[Zeus]] making a blessing gesture.<ref>"Monnaies Greco-Bactriennes et Indo-Grecques", Osmund Bopearachchi, Bibliotheque Nationale, 1991, p.309</ref>]]
[[File:Peukolaos Soter Dikaios. Circa 75 BCE.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Coin of Peukalaos. Obverse: [[Artemis]] standing facing, drawing arrow from quiver. Reverse: Goddess standing left, holding a flower and palm. Similar to the goddess of [[Pushkalavati]] [[:File:Pushkalavati_coin_Circa_58-12_BC.jpg|on a coin of that city]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Castro |first1=Andrea (Angelo Andrea) A. A. Di |title=Crowns, Horns and Goddesses Appropriation of Symbols in Gandhāra and Beyond |pages=38-39 |url=https://www.academia.edu/31704024/Crowns_Horns_and_Goddesses_Appropriation_of_Symbols_in_Gandh%C4%81ra_and_Beyond? |language=en}}</ref>]]
'''Peucolaus Soter Dikaios''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: {{lang|grc|Πευκόλαος ὁ Σωτήρ, ὁ Δίκαιος}}; [[epithet]]s mean respectively, "the Saviour", "the Just") was an [[Indo-Greek]] king who ruled in the area of [[Gandhara]] c. 90 BCE. His reign was probably short and insignificant, since he left only a few coins, but the relations of the latter Indo-Greek kings remain largely obscure.

His name could be interpreted as "The man from [[Pushkalavati]]". Pushkalavati was the historic capital of Gandhara located in the [[Valley of Peshawar]].

==Coins of Peucolaos==
Peucolaos struck rare Indian standard silver coins with portrait in diadem, and a reverse of a standing Zeus, which resemble the reverse of contemporary kings [[Heliokles II]] and [[Archebios]]. The latter has overstruck two coins of Peucolaos.

He also issued bilingual bronzes with [[Artemis]] and a crowned woman with a palm branch, perhaps a city-goddess or a personification of [[Tyche]], the deity for good luck.
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==See also==
* [[Greco-Bactrian Kingdom]]
* [[Seleucid Empire]]
* [[Greco-Buddhism]]
* [[Indo-Scythians]]
* [[Indo-Parthian Kingdom]]
* [[Kushan Empire]]
*[http://coinindia.com/galleries-peucolaos.html Catalog of the coins of Peucolaos]
*[https://www.academia.edu/44875716/Le_Roi_Peucolaus_Peukolaos_le_Juste_et_le_Sauveur_du_Gandhara_BA%CE%A3I%CE%9BE%CE%A9%CE%A3_IKAIOY_KAI_%CE%A3%CE%A9THPO%CE%A3_%CE%A0EYOK%CE%9BAOY_Par_Roger_COTTEREAU Le Roi Peukolaos]

==Sources==
* ''The Greeks in Bactria and India'', W. W. Tarn, Cambridge University Press.
* ''The Coin Types of the Indo-Greek Kings, 256-54 B.C.'', A. K. Narain

==References==
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{{s-bef|before=[[Amyntas Nikator]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[Indo-Greek|Indo-Greek Ruler]]<br>(in [[Arachosia]], [[Gandhara]])|years=c. 90 BCE}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Menander II]]}}
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[[Category:Indo-Greek kings]]
[[Category:1st-century BC rulers in Asia]]

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