Sarpedones

Coin of Sarpedones. Diademed and draped bust left; tamgha before Rev Nike standing left, holding wreath and palm.

Sarpedones, also spelled Sarpadones (Kharosthi: 𐨯𐨤𐨅𐨡𐨞 Sa-pe-da-ṇa, Sapedaṇa) was an Indo-Parthian king. He was a lieutenant or kinsman of Gondophares, and ruled Sakastan, where he had coins minted with the title of King of Kings.[1]

References

  1. ^ Rezakhani 2017, p. 35.

Sources

  • Rezakhani, Khodadad (2017). "East Iran in Late Antiquity". ReOrienting the Sasanians: East Iran in Late Antiquity. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 1–256. ISBN 9781474400305. JSTOR 10.3366/j.ctt1g04zr8. (registration required)


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Rulers of the Indo-Parthian Kingdom (19–226)
  • Gondophares (19–46)
  • Sarpedones (19–20)
  • Abdagases I (46–60)
  • Gadana (46–55)
  • Sases (mid-1st-century)
  • Ubouzanes (late 1st-century)
  • Pacores (100-135)
  • Sanabares (135-160)
  • Pahares I (Turan) (160-230)
  • Sanabares II (Sakastan) (160-175 CE)
  • Farn-Sasan (Sakastan) (210-226)