TELEPHOS THE BENEFACTOR : INDO~GREEK KING

Telephos Euergetes (Greek: Τήλεφος ο Ευεργέτης; Euergetes means "the Benefactor") was a late Indo-Greek Κing who seems to have been one of the weak and brief successors of Maues. Bopearachchi dates Telephos between 75–70 BCE and places him in Gandhara, Senior to c.60 BCE and suggests that he ruled in some parts of Pushkalavati or even further west.

Nothing is known about his dynastic connections. His few coins are rather singular and none of them bear his likeness, a rare occurrence in Indo-Greek coinage. His epithet was also unprecedented.

The silver of Telephos is rare and mostly consists of drachms; only a few tetradrachms are known. On the Greek side, there is a serpent-footed monster holding the stems of two plants, and on the Kharoshthi side two deities that probably should be identified with Helios and Selene, the Sun and Moon. Both types were unique in the area, though the monster would later appear on bronzes of Hippostratos.

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