Antiochus Nicator

Antiochus Nicator (Greek: Ἀντίοχος Νικάτωρ; epithet means "Victor") is a proposed Greco-Bactrian king of the Diodotid dynasty, who ruled for some period between 240 – 220 BC.

There are two relevant sets of coins: The usual interpretation is that the former issue were semi-independent issues of the first Bactrian king Diodotus I, who would have struck coinage using the name of his former overlord, the Seleucid king Antiochus II, but with his own portrait, at the start of a slow drift into independence from the Seleucid empire.

The (very few) ancient literary sources are ambiguous: they mention no king between Diodotus II and Euthydemus I, but do not exclude the possibility.

[1] In a 2021 article, Jakobssen reiterated his earlier argument, further noting a number of features that suggest that the "Of King Antiochus" coins were minted after those of Diodotus I and II and immediately before those of Euthydemus I:[5] The matter remains uncertain.

"[8] By contrast, Olivier Bordeaux calls Jakobsson's proposal "somewhat controversial"[9] and to be treated "with great caution.