Coin Types of Zoilos I
Zoilos I uses a silver coin type similar to that of Euthydemus II, son of Demetrius: Crowned Herakles standing, holding a wreath or diadem in his right hand, and a club and the lion skin in his left hand. On some of the coins, which are of lower artistic quality, Herakles is crowned by a small Nike. Zoilos I also struck rare gold-plated silver coins with portrait and Heracles.
The Indian-standard coins of Zoilos I also bear the Pali title "Dhramikasa" ("Follower of the Dharma"), probably related to Buddhism, appearing for the first time on Indo-Greek coinage. A few monolingual Attic tetradrachms of Zoilos I have been found. Zoilos inherited (or took) several monograms from Menander I.
His bronze coins are square and original in that they combine the club of Herakles with a Scythian-type bowcase (for a short recurve bow) inside a victory wreath, suggesting contacts or even an alliance with horse-mounted people originating from the steppes, possibly either the Scythians (future Indo-Scythians), or the Yuezhi who had invaded Greco-Bactria. This bow can be contrasted to the traditional Hellenistic long bow depicted on the coins of the eastern Indo-Greek queen Agathokleia.
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Zoilos I and Herakles.
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Zoilos I and Herakles, with Nike on his shoulder crowning him.
Preceded by: Heliocles |
Indo-Greek Ruler (Paropamisade, Arachosia) 130–120 BCE |
Succeeded by: Lysias |
INDO-GREEK KINGS AND THEIR TERRITORIES Based on Bopearachchi (1991) |
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Territories/ Dates |
PAROPAMISADE |
ARACHOSIA | GANDHARA | WESTERN PUNJAB | EASTERN PUNJAB | |||||||
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200–190 BCE | Demetrius I | |||||||||||
190–180 BCE | Agathocles | Pantaleon | ||||||||||
185–170 BCE | Antimachus I | |||||||||||
180–160 BCE | Apollodotus I | |||||||||||
175–170 BCE | Demetrius II | |||||||||||
160–155 BCE | Antimachus II | |||||||||||
170–145 BCE | Eucratides | |||||||||||
155–130 BCE | Menander I | |||||||||||
130–120 BCE | Zoilos I | Agathokleia | ||||||||||
120–110 BCE | Lysias | Strato I | ||||||||||
110–100 BCE | Antialcidas | Heliokles II | ||||||||||
100 BCE | Polyxenios | Demetrius III | ||||||||||
100–95 BCE | Philoxenus | |||||||||||
95–90 BCE | Diomedes | Amyntas | Epander | |||||||||
90 BCE | Theophilos | Peukolaos | Thraso | |||||||||
90–85 BCE | Nicias | Menander II | Artemidoros | |||||||||
90–70 BCE | Hermaeus | Archebios | ||||||||||
Yuezhi tribes | Maues (Indo-Scythian) | |||||||||||
75–70 BCE | Telephos | Apollodotus II | ||||||||||
65–55 BCE | Hippostratos | Dionysios | ||||||||||
55–35 BCE | Azes I (Indo-Scythian) | Zoilos II | ||||||||||
55–35 BCE | Apollophanes | |||||||||||
25 BCE – 10 CE | Strato II & III | |||||||||||
Rajuvula (Indo-Scythian) |
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