Peucolaus Soter Dicaeus (; epithets mean respectively, "the Saviour", "the Just") was an Indo-Greek king who ruled in the area of Gandhara c. 90 BC. His reign was probably short and insignificant, since he left only a few coins, but the relations of the latter Indo-Greek kings remain largely obscure.
His name is probably derived from that of Pushkalavati, known in ancient Greek as Peukelaôtis, which was the historic capital of Gandhara.
Coinage Peucolaus struck rare Indian standard silver coins with portrait in diadem, and a reverse of a standing Zeus, which resemble the reverse of contemporary kings Heliokles II and Archebios. The latter has overstruck two coins of Peucolaos.
He also issued bilingual bronzes with Artemis and a crowned woman with a palm branch, perhaps a city-goddess or a personification of Tyche, the deity for good luck.
See also Greco-Bactrian Kingdom Greco-Buddhism Indo-Scythians Indo-Parthian Kingdom Kushan Empire
References
Bibliography The Greeks in Bactria and India, W. W. Tarn, Cambridge University Press. The Coin Types of the Indo-Greek Kings, 256-54 B.C., A. K. Narain Le Roi Peukolaos
External links Catalog of the coins of Peucolaos