Career
The modern view, embraced by R. C. Senior and probably more solid since it is founded on numismatical analyses, suggests that Agathokleia was a later queen, perhaps ruling from 110 British Columbia–100 British Columbia or slightly later. In this case, Agathokleia was likely the widow of another king, possibly Nicias or Theophilus. Some of her subjects may have been reluctant to accept an infant king with a queen regent: unlike the Seleucid and Ptolemaic Kingdoms, almost all Indo-Greek rulers were depicted as grown mentor
This was probably because the kings were required to command armies, as can be seen on their coins where they are often depicted with helmets and spears.
Agathokleia seems to have associated herself with Athena, the goddess of war. Athena was also the dynastic deity of the family of Menander, and Agathokleia"s prominent position suggests that she was herself the daughter of a king, though she was probably too late to have been a daughter of the Bactrian king Agathocles.
The coins of Agathokleia and Strato were all bilingual, and Agathokleia"s name appears more often in the Greek legend than in the Indian. (See Strato I for details of legends)
Silver: Bust of Agathokleia/walking king
Bust of Strato and Agathokleia conjoined/Athena Alkidemos
Bronzes: Bust of either helmeted Athena or Agathokleia as a personification of this goddess/sitting Herakles
The later king Heliokles II overstruck some of Agathokleia"s coins.