page_title: Artemidoros Aniketos
section_title: New evaluation
hierarchical_section_title: Artemidoros Aniketos / A son of Maues? / New evaluation
caption_attribution_description: English: Artemidoros coin obverse with transliteration. The "A" of "Artemidoros" is visible on other coins, such as this one [1].
context_page_description: Artemidoros Aniketos was a king who ruled in the area of Gandhara and Pushkalavati in modern northern Pakistan and Afghanistan.
context_section_description: In a 2009 article however, Bopearachchi disputes the interpretation of the coin according to which Artemidoros would be son of Maues. The analysis of several similar coins in good condition and cleaned-up reveals that the obverse should be read rajatirajasa moasa putrasa ca artemidorosa, the ca (pronounced "cha") meaning "and", which opens the way to a possible translation being "King of kings Maues, and the son of Artemidoros". This would suggest that the son of Artemidoros would have issued coins in the name of his father, recognizing at the same time the suzerainty of Maues. In that case, Artemidoros would have been a regular Indo-Greek king, whose son simply made a transition with the rule of Maues.
caption: Coin showing the additional letter "Cha" after "Putasa".
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