The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c30.s2.36

v1.c30.s2.36

On the earliest of these coins Agathocleia appears as queen regent holding the place of honour with her portrait and Greek inscription on the obverse, while the Kharoshṭhī legend of the young prince occupies a subordinate position on the reverse (Pl. VII, 25). Afterwards, the combined portraits of mother and son declare their association in the government (Pl. VII, 19); and, later still, a series of portraits shows Strato first reigning alone—as a youth (Pl. VII, 20), or as a bearded man (Pl. VII, 21)—and then in advanced old age, with toothless jaws and sunken cheeks, both, as the Kharoshṭhī legends indicate, reigning alone (*Summary*, p. 588) and in association with his grandson, Strato II Philopator (Pl. VII, 23). To judge from these portraits, we have here glimpses of a life of more than seventy years. Between the earliest and the latest there is indeed a long interval, and to some period in this interval must be assigned the reigns of Apollodotus II Philopator, Dionysius, and Zoilus. They are associated by their common use of a peculiar monogram (Pl. VII, 22 and *Summary*, p. 589); and it is probable that they were all descendants of Apollodotus I. Apollophanes, whose name suggests that he may have been a member of the same family, must belong to the period represented by the latest coins of Strato.