Pacores

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File:Pakores. Gondopharid Dynasty.jpg
Coin of Pakores.
Obv Bust of king with Greek legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ (ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ) ΝΕΓΑ ΠΑΚΟΡΗΣ.
Rev Nike standing right, holding a victory wreath. Kharoshthi legend.

Pacores or Pakores (Greek: ΠΑΚΟΡΗϹ Pakorēs; Kharosthi: 𐨤𐨐𐨂𐨪 Script error: No such module "lang"., Script error: No such module "lang".;[1] Aramaic: Script error: No such module "Lang". pkwry)[2] (100–135 AD) was a king who ruled the remnants of the Indo-Parthian Kingdom in Arachosia from 100–130 AD following Ubouzanes.[3] He was an Indo-Parthian king.[3] He is well-known from coins minted in Seistan and Kandahar, mostly silver drachms and tetradrachms. The time of his reign can be determined as many of his coins over strike those of Vima Takto.Template:Fact

He is the last well attested ruler. After his coins there is a single surviving coin with the name Abdagases II and a set of poorly made Indo-Parthian coins with unnamed rulers before the Kushan Empire conquered it.Template:Fact

References

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  1. Gardner, Percy, The Coins of the Greek and Scythic Kings of Bactria and India in the British Museum, p. 110
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  3. a b Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage - Michael Mitchiner - 1976, Volumes 7 à 9 - Pages 670, 717 and 770

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