Agesiles
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Agesiles who reigned around 20BC-1BC, is, with Sapadbizes
, one of the first identified kings of the northern Indo-European Yuezhi
tribes, that had invaded the Greco-Bactrian kingdom in the region of Bactria
(modern-day northern Afghanistan) from around 125 BC. This king is known only from his coins, which are very rare.
Sapadbizes
Sapadbizes , also Sapalbizes, was a ruler of western Bactria, sometimes linked to the Yuezhi. He is known only from his coins . Two clues provide an approximate date for this ruler. He is believed to have overstruck the coins of Phraates IV of Parthia, secondly his coins are of good silver...
, one of the first identified kings of the northern Indo-European Yuezhi
Yuezhi
The Yuezhi, or Rouzhi , also known as the Da Yuezhi or Da Rouzhi , were an ancient Central Asian people....
tribes, that had invaded the Greco-Bactrian kingdom in the region of Bactria
Bactria
Bactria and also appears in the Zend Avesta as Bukhdi. It is the ancient name of a historical region located between south of the Amu Darya and west of the Indus River...
(modern-day northern Afghanistan) from around 125 BC. This king is known only from his coins, which are very rare.