| Strato II | |
|---|---|
 Saka imitation of Strato II | |
| Indo-Greek king | |
| Reign | 25 BCE – 10 CE |
| Predecessor | Menander II (dynastically) |
| Successor | Strato III |
| Died | 10 CE Mathura |
| Religion | Greco-Buddhism |
Obv: Bust of Strato II. Greek legend: BASILEOS SOTEROS STRATONOS "Of King Strato the Savior".
Rev: Athena holding a thunderbolt. Kharoshthi legend: MAHARAJASA TRATARASA STRATASA "King Strato the Saviour".
Strato II Soter (Ancient Greek: Στράτων B΄ ὁ Σωτήρ, Strátōn B΄ ho Sotḗr; epithet means "the Saviour") also known as Stratha, was an Indo-Greek king. He ruled c. 25 BCE to 10 CE according to Bopearachchi. R. C. Senior suggests that his reign ended perhaps a decade earlier. He may have been supplanted by the Indo-Scythian Northern Satraps, particularly Rajuvula and Bhadayasa, whose coins were often copied on those of the last Indo-Greek kings.[1] Numerous coins of Rajuvula have been found in company with the coins of the Strato group in the Eastern Punjab (to the east of the Jhelum) and also in the Mathura area:[2] for example, 96 coins of Strato II were found in Mathura in conjunction with coins of Rajuvula, who also imitated the designs of Strato II in the majority of his issues.[3]
- ^ The Dynastic Arts of the Kushans, John M. Rosenfield, University of California Press, 1967, p.135 [1]
- ^ Mathurā and Its Society: The ʼSakæ-Pahlava Phase, Bratindra Nath Mukherjee, Firma K.L.M., 1981, p.9
- ^ "Bibliography of Greek coin hoards, p. 194-195". Archived from the original on 2018-05-25. Retrieved 2016-12-08.