Spalahores
Obv King mounted on horse right, holding spear, Greek legend around: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ / ΟΝΩΝΟΥ. "Great king Vonones".
Rev Zeus standing facing, holding sceptre and thunderbolt, monogram at right, Kharoshthi legend around: maharajabhrata dhramikasa / spalahorasa "Of Spalahores, the king's brother, the follower of the Dharma".
Spalahores or Spalahora was an Indo-Scythian ruler, brother of king Vonones. They reigned in areas of the north-western South Asia between around 75 BCE and 65 BCE.
Spalahores was mentioned on the coins of Vonones, as his brother, together with Spalahores' son Spalagadames.
Spalahores apparently did not strike coins on his own, but was mentioned on most of the coins of Vonones. He was probably identical with Spalirises (in Greek on the obverse legend of coins), who mints as king in the following period.[1]
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- The Shape of Ancient Thought. Comparative studies in Greek and Indian Philosophies by Thomas McEvilley (Allworth Press and the School of Visual Arts, 2002) ISBN 1-58115-203-5
- The Greeks in Bactria and India, W. W. Tarn, Cambridge University Press.