Archebius Dikaios Nikephoros (
Greek: Ἀρχέβιος ὁ Δίκαιος, ὁ Νικηφόρος;
epithets mean respectively, "the Just", "the Victorious"; formerly read as "Archelius"[1][2]) was an
Indo-Greek king who ruled in the area of
Taxila.
Osmund Bopearachchi dates him to c. 90–80 BCE, and R. C. Senior to about the same period. He was probably one of the last Indo-Greek kings before the
Saka king
Maues conquered Taxila, and a contemporary of
Hermaeus in the west. He may have been a relative of
Heliokles II, who used a similar reverse and also the title Dikaios.
Coin types
Archebius issued silver with diademed or helmeted king, sometimes in spear-throwing pose. On the reverse is Zeus standing facing, holding a thunderbolt or on some issues an aegis.
Archebius also struck a rare series of Attic tetradrachms, found in Bactria.