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Pantaleon (other)
Pantaleon was an early 2nd century BC Greco-Bactrian king. Pantaleon may also refer to: People Given name * Pantaleon of Pydna (4th century BC), Macedonian officer under Alexander the Great * Saint Pantaleon (died 303), legendary Christian martyr * Pantaleon Alvarez (born 1958), Filipino lawyer and politician * Pantaleon Candidus (1540–1608), Austrian theologian * Pantaléon Costa de Beauregard (1806–1864), French statesman * Pantaleón Dalence (1815–1892), Bolivian jurist and politician * Pantaleon Hebenstreit (1668–1750), German dance teacher, musician and composer * Pantaleón Salvó (fl. 1910s), Spanish footballer * Pantaleon Szyndler (1846–1905), Polish painter * Pantaleón Julian Valdés (fl 1917), Cuban medical doctor * Pantaleón Valmonte or Belmonte (1856–1896), mayor of Gapan during the Philippine Revolution against Spain * León Kilat (Pantaleón Villegas, 1873–1898), Filipino revolutionary leader * Pope Urban IV (Jacques Pantaléon, 1195–1264) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pantaleon
Pantaleon, also known as Panteleimon, (Greek: ) was a Greek king who reigned some time between 190–180 BC in Bactria and India. He was a younger contemporary or successor of the Greco-Bactrian king Demetrius, and is sometimes believed to have been his brother and/or subking. The scarcity of his coinage indicates a short reign. Known evidence suggests that he was replaced by his (probable) brother or son Agathocles, by whom he was commemorated on a "pedigree" coin. Copper-Nickel coinage Some of his coins (as well as those of Agathocles and Euthydemus II) have another surprising characteristic: they are made of copper-nickel alloy, a technology that would not be developed in the West until the 18th century, but was known by the Chinese at the time. This suggests that exchanges of the metallic alloy or technicians happened between China and the region of Bactria. Bilingual Indian-standard coinage He was the first Greek king to strike Indian coins, peculiar irregular bronzes r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
