Coin of Demetrius III Aniketou.
Obv: Bust of king with kausia helmet. Greek legend BASILEOS ANIKITOU DIMITRIOU (Invincible king Demetrius).
Rev: Zeus with scepter and thunderbolt. Kharoshthi legend: MAHARAJASA APARAJITASA DIMETRIA (Invincible king Demetrius).

Copper coins of Demetrius III Aniketou.
Obv: Bust of king, wearing an elephant's scalp, with Greek legend: BASILEOS ANIKITOU DIMITRIOU (Invincible king Demetrius).
Rev: Winged thunderbolt. Kharoshthi legend: MAHARAJASA APARAJITASA DIMETRIA (Invincible king Demetrius).

Demetrius II "The Invincible" was an Indo-Greek king who reigned in the area of Gandhara and Punjab around 100 BCE.
Coin of Demetrios III. Bopearachchi. ... Coin of Demetrios III. Bopearachchi. ... Statue of Zeus The Greek sculptor Phidias created the 12-m (40-ft) tall Statue of Zeus in about 435 bc. ... The Kharoṣṭhī script, also known as the Gāndhārī script, is an ancient alphabetic script used by the Gandhara culture of historic northwest India to write the Gandhari and Sanskrit languages (the Gandhara kingdom was located along the present-day border between Afghanistan and Pakistan between the Indus River and the... Coin of Demetrius III Aniketou (c. ... Coin of Demetrius III Aniketou (c. ... The Kharoṣṭhī script, also known as the Gāndhārī script, is an ancient alphabetic script used by the Gandhara culture of historic northwest India to write the Gandhari and Sanskrit languages (the Gandhara kingdom was located along the present-day border between Afghanistan and Pakistan between the Indus River and the... Buddhas First Sermon at Sarnath, Kushan Period, ca. ... Punjab, 1903 Punjab Province, 1909 The Punjab (also Panjab) is a region straddling the border between India and Pakistan. ... (Redirected from 100 BCE) Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC - 100s BC - 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC Years: 105 BC 104 BC 103 BC 102 BC 101 BC - 100 BC - 99 BC 98 BC 97...

A separate king?

The historical sources mention only two Demetrii, the latter being defeated by Eucratides I, and the existence of a third king is hard to ascertain. While at least the nether coin displayed here is later than Demetrius I and Demetrius II, its obverse is a low-quality copy of the first Demetrius, including the title "Aniketos" which is associated with him. This rare coin might have been a commemorative issue of the legendary Demetrius I, struck by a city made temporarily independent by one of the conflicts of this period. King Eucratides (171-145 BC) Obv: Bust of Eucratides. ... Demetrius I can refer to four people: Demetrius I of Syria Demetrius I of Macedon Demetrius I of Bactria Demetrius I of Constantinople This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Demetrius II is either: Demetrius II of Macedon Demetrius II of Syria This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Coin of Heliokles II. Obv: Bust of helmetted king. ... Maximum extent of Indo-Greek territory circa 175 BCE. The Indo-Greeks (or sometimes Greco-Indians) designate a series of Greek kings, who invaded and controlled parts of northwest and northern India from 180 BCE to around 10 BCE. They are the continuation of the Greco-Bactrian dynasty of Greek... Buddhas First Sermon at Sarnath, Kushan Period, ca. ... Punjab, 1903 Punjab Province, 1909 The Punjab (also Panjab) is a region straddling the border between India and Pakistan. ... (Redirected from 100 BCE) Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC - 100s BC - 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC Years: 105 BC 104 BC 103 BC 102 BC 101 BC - 100 BC - 99 BC 98 BC 97... Categories: People stubs | Indo-Greek kings ...

See also

• Indo-Greek Kingdom
• Greco-Buddhism
• Indo-Scythians

Maximum extent of Indo-Greek territory circa 175 BCE. The Indo-Greeks (or sometimes Greco-Indians) designate a series of Greek kings, who invaded and controlled parts of northwest and northern India from 180 BCE to around 10 CE. They are the continuation of the Greco-Bactrian dynasty of Greek... Greco-Buddhism, sometimes spelled Græco-Buddhism, is the cultural syncretism between the culture of Classical Greece and Buddhism, which developed over a period of close to 800 years in Central Asia in the area corresponding to modern-day Afghanistan and Pakistan, between the 4th century BCE and the 5th century... The Indo-Scythian King of Kings Azes II (c. ...

References

• "The Greeks in Bactria and India" W.W. Tarn, Cambridge University Press