Antimachus II
Indo-Greek king
Antimachus II Nikephoros was an Indo-Greek king. He ruled a vast territory from the Hindu-Kush to the Punjab around 170 BCE. He was almost certainly the eponymous son of Antimachus I, who is known from a unique preserved tax receipt.
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![Drachma with Nike on the obverse and the Greek legend BASILEOS NIKEPHOROU ANTIMACHOU ("Kingship of the Victorious Antimachus"); on the reverse, filleted king on horseback, Kharoshti legend[3]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Antimachus_II.jpg/500px-Antimachus_II.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
Drachma with Nike on the obverse and the Greek legend BASILEOS NIKEPHOROU ANTIMACHOU ("Kingship of the Victorious Antimachus"); on the reverse, filleted king on horseback, Kharoshti legend[3]![Bronze coin with the same Greek legend, and a gorgoneion within an aegis on the obverse; on the reverse a palm branch and victory wreath, Kharoshti lettering[4]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Coin_of_Antimachus_II_Nikephoros.jpg/500px-Coin_of_Antimachus_II_Nikephoros.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
Bronze coin with the same Greek legend, and a gorgoneion within an aegis on the obverse; on the reverse a palm branch and victory wreath, Kharoshti lettering[4]About this person
Osmund Bopearachchi dated Antimachus II to 160-155 BCE on numismatical grounds, but changed this to 174-165 BCE after the tax receipt was revealed to synchronise his reign with that of Antimachus I. R. C. Senior has not dated Antimachus II but thinks that his coins were possibly Indian issues of Antimachus I, despite their different epithets and coin types.