Hippostratus

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Tetradrachm of Hippostratus
Front: Bust of Hippostratus with legend: BASILEOS MEGALOU SOTEROS / IPPOSTPATOU “Great King, the Savior Hippostratus”.
Back: The ruler as a rider Kharoshthi legend: MAHARAJASA TRATASA MAHATASA JAYAMTASA HIPUSTRATASA "King Hippostratus, the great savior and conqueror"

Hippostratos was an Indo-Greek king who lived around 65 to 55 BC. Ruled in western Punjab .

He seems to have fought primarily against the Indo-Scythians , to whom he eventually lost. In any case, his coins were struck by Azes I , who certainly wanted to indicate his victory.

The coins of Hippostratos usually show his portrait with a Greek inscription on the obverse, on the reverse there is a deity or the ruler as a rider and an inscription in Kharoshthi .

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SURNAME Hippostratus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian king
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH around 55 BC Chr.