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[[File:Philoxenos.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|<small>Silver tetradrachm of king '''Philoxenus'''.<br>'''Obv:''' Helmetted, diademed and draped bust of Philoxenus. Greek legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΙΚΗΤΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΞΕΝΟΥ "Of the Invincible King Philoxenus"<br>'''Rev:''' King on prancing horse in military dress. [[Kharoshti]] legend MAHARAJASA APADIHATASA PHILASINASA "Undefeatable King Philoxenus".</small>]]<br />
[[Image:PhiloxenusCoin2.JPG|thumb|upright=1.5|Coin of Philoxenus, making a blessing gesture with his right hand. [[Kharoshti]] legend MAHARAJASA APADIHATASA PHILASINASA "Invincible King Philoxenus". [[British Museum]].]]<br />
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:PhiloxenusCoin.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Silver tetradrachm of king '''Philoxenus'''(100–95 BCE).<br>'''Obv:''' Diademed and draped bust of Philoxenus. Greek legend BASILEOS ANIKETOU PHILOXENOU "Of Invincible King Philoxenus"<br>'''Rev:''' King on prancing horse in military dress. [[Kharoshti]] legend MAHARAJASA APADIHATASA PHILASINASA "Invincible King Philoxenus".]] --><br />
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'''Philoxenus Anicetus''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: {{lang|grc|Φιλόξενος ὁ Ἀνίκητος}}; [[epithet]] means "the Invincible") was an [[Indo-Greek]] king who ruled in the region spanning the [[Paropamisade]] to [[Punjab region|Punjab]]. Philoxenus seems to have been quite an important king who might briefly have ruled most of the Indo-Greek territory. Bopearachchi dates Philoxenus to c. 100–95 BCE and R. C. Senior to c. 125–110 BCE.<br />
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Historians have not yet connected Philoxenus with any dynasty, but he could have been the father of the princess Kalliope, who was married to the king [[Hermaeus]].<br />
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==Coins of Philoxenos==<br />
Philoxenus struck several series of bilingual Indian silver coins, with a [[Obverse and reverse|reverse]] of a mounted king, a type previously used as obverse by [[Antimachus II]] sixty years earlier and as reverse on rare types of [[King Nicias|Nicias]]. Whether the horseman was a dynastic emblem or a portrait of the king as a cavalryman is unclear. Several [[Saka]] kings used similar horsemen on their coinage.<br />
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His drachms were square, another feature that was rare among Indo-Greeks but standard for Sakas, and this indicates that Philoxenus had connections with the nomads that had conquered Bactria.<br />
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Philoxenus struck bronzes with female deity/bull, or [[Helios]]/[[Nike (mythology)|Nike]].<br />
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Philoxenus also minted some Attic-type tetradrachms (with Greek legend only), meant for circulation in Bactria.<br />
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==Overstrikes==<br />
[[File:Philoxenos with head of Gorgon.jpg|thumb|300px|Philoxenos with head of [[Gorgon]].]]<br />
One overstrike is known, of [[Epander]] over Philoxenus.<br />
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==Other coins==<br />
<gallery><br />
File:PhyloxenusCoin1.JPG|Philoxenus on horse.<br />
File:Philoxenus Indo Greek square coin.jpg|Philoxenus coin in the Indian square standard. [[Japan Currency Museum]].<br />
File:Whitehead Coins of the Punjab Museum Plate VII Phyloxenos.jpg|Coin of Phyloxenos.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Greco-Bactrian Kingdom]]<br />
* [[Seleucid Empire]]<br />
* [[Greco-Buddhism]]<br />
* [[Indo-Scythians]]<br />
* [[Indo-Parthian Kingdom]]<br />
* [[Kushan Empire]]<br />
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==References==<br />
* ''The Greeks in Bactria and India'', W. W. Tarn, Cambridge University Press.<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.coinarchives.com/a/results.php?results=100&search=Philoxenus&Thumb=1 Coins of Philoxenus]<br />
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