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thumb|upright=1.5|Coin of Epander. Greek legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΕΠΑΝΔΡΟΥ Basileos Nikephorou Epandrou, "Of the Victorious King Epander". thumb|upright=1.5|Coin of Epander. Greek legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΕΠΑΝΔΡΟΥ Basileos Nikephorou Epandrou, "Of the Victorious King Epander". thumb|upright=1.5|Indian-standard coin of Epander. Greek legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΕΠΑΝΔΡΟΥ Basileos Nikephorou Epandrou, "Of the Victorious King Epander". Epander (Greek: Épandros meaning "above man") was one of the Indo-Greek kings. He may have been a relative of Menander I, and the findplaces of his coins seem to

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Monarch.name
Epander Nikephoros ("Victorious")
Monarch.succession
Indo-Greek king
Monarch.image
Epander portrait.jpg
Monarch.caption
Portrait of Epander.
Monarch.reign
95–90 BC

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  • Time of reign
  • Coins of Epander
  • Overstrikes
  • See also
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thumb|upright=1.5|Coin of Epander. Greek legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΕΠΑΝΔΡΟΥ Basileos Nikephorou Epandrou, "Of the Victorious King Epander". thumb|upright=1.5|Coin of Epander. Greek legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΕΠΑΝΔΡΟΥ Basileos Nikephorou Epandrou, "Of the Victorious King Epander". thumb|upright=1.5|Indian-standard coin of Epander. Greek legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΕΠΑΝΔΡΟΥ Basileos Nikephorou Epandrou, "Of the Victorious King Epander". Epander (Greek: Épandros meaning "above man") was one of the Indo-Greek kings. He may have been a relative of Menander I, and the findplaces of his coins seem to indicate that he ruled in the area of Punjab.

==Time of reign== Bopearachchi dates Epander to c. 95–90 BC and R. C. Senior to c. 80 BC. The scarcity of his coins indicate that his reign was short and/or his territory limited.

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