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{{short description|Graeco-Bactrian king in c. 200–180 BC}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name         = Euthydemus II
| title        = 
| image        = Euthydemos II Circa 185-180 BC.jpg
| image_size   = 275
| caption      = [[Tetradrachm]] of Euthydemus II (185–180 BC) with his portrait on the obverse wearing a diadem.
| reign        = c. 180 BC
| birth_date   = c. 200 BC
| birth_place  = 
| death_date   = c. 180 BC
| death_place  = Bactria
| predecessor  = [[Demetrius I of Bactria|Demetrius I]]
| successor    = [[Eucratides I]]
| royal house  = [[Euthydemid dynasty]]
| father       = [[Demetrius I of Bactria|Demetrius I]]
| mother       = Daughter of [[Antiochus III]]
| issue        = 
| place of burial = 
| religion     = 
}}
'''Euthydemus II''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: {{lang|grc|Εὐθύδημος}}, ''Euthýdēmos'') was a [[Greco-Bactrian Kingdom|Greco-Bactrian]] king who ruled in [[Bactria]] in 185–180 BCE.

==Rule==
Son of [[Demetrius I of Bactria]], Euthydemus II became king in the 180s BCE, either after his father's death or as a sub-king to him. The style and rare nickel alloys of his coins associates him closely in time with the king [[Agathocles of Bactria|Agathocles]] but their precise relation remains uncertain. Euthydemus is pictured as a boy on his coins and most likely died very young.

He was the last [[Euthydemid dynasty|Euthydemid]] ruler of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom and perhaps related with king [[Xiutu]] of Gansu.<ref>Lucas, Christopoulos; Dionysian rituals and the Golden Zeus of China pp. http://www.sino-platonic.org/complete/spp326_dionysian_rituals_china.pdf pp.68–112 </ref>

==Gallery==
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File:Dinastia indo-battriana, tetradracma di euthydemos II, 190-185 ac ca.JPG|Tetradrachm of king Euthydemus II with obverse showing the young king wearing a royal [[diadem]].
File:Euthydemos II.jpg|Silver coin of Euthydemus II. Reverse with standing [[Heracles]] holding club. [[Greek language|Greek]] legend reads: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΘΥΔΗΜΟΥ, "Of King Euthydemus".
File:Euthydemos II cupro-nickel.jpg|[[Cupronickel|Cupro-nickel]] coin of Euthydemus II, c. 185–180 BC with Laureate head of [[Apollo]], and Tripod on the reverse.
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==See also==
* [[Greco-Bactrian Kingdom]]
* [[Greco-Buddhism]]
* [[Indo-Parthian Kingdom]]
* [[Indo-Scythians]]
* [[Kushan Empire]]
* [[Seleucid Empire]]

==Notes==
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==References==
* ''The Greeks in Bactria and India'', [[William Woodthorpe Tarn|W. W. Tarn]], Cambridge University Press.

==External links==
{{commonscat|Coins of Euthydemus II}}
* [http://coinindia.com/galleries-euthydemos2.html Catalogue of Coins of Euthydemus II]

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{{s-ttl|title=[[Greco-Bactrian Kingdom|Greco-Bactrian king]]|years=180s BCE}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Agathocles of Bactria|Agathocles]]}}
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