Agathokleia

Agathokleia Αγαθοκλεία Greek was an Indo - Greek queen. Their classification and position are controversially discussed in the research. It is known only from coins, on which also Straton I. appears.

Some coins show alone on one side and call Straton I. On the other hand, without that it is mapped. His name is written in Kharoshthi while their legends are Greek. Here she is entitled BASILISSES THEOTROPOU AGATHOKLEIAS ( " the godlike queen Agathokleia "). These coins are not very numerous, so that one can assume that they did not rule long. On other coins, however, her image appears in the profile along with the Straton I.

Tarn saw in her the wife of Menander I, who reigned until 125 BC after his death in 135, as the rightful successor Straton was underage. When her son came of age, he took over the business of government alone. Narain takes the same interpretation of the evidence. Other interpretations assume that they reigned later and was the wife of another ruler, finally has even argued that Straton I was her husband and not her son.

Some of their coins have been overprinted by Heliokles II, who probably looked at their rule as illegitimate.