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56 KINGS OF BACTRIA, &c.<br />

Metal<br />

M Size<br />

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M 4-<br />

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JE<br />

Weight<br />

BA2IAEQ2 [S]QTH[Pos] [MENA]NAP[oY]. Head <strong>of</strong> an elephant to r. <strong>with</strong> a bell<br />

pendent from the neck. R. The same Arianian inscription ; club ; above it<br />

nion. 186. (Square coin.) From the Mevil Collection (448).<br />

APOLLODOTUS,<br />

A son <strong>of</strong> Menandrus ?<br />

BASIAEQS AIIOAAOAOTOY 2QTI1P0S. Apollo naked standing to I. ; the head inclined<br />

to I. ; in right hand an arrow ; the left hand leaning on a bow, which<br />

touches the ground, fi. Maharajasa Tadarasa Apaladatasa in Arianian letters ;<br />

tripod ; in field to I. uncertain object. (Square coin.) From the Revil Collection<br />

(449).<br />

HERM^US.<br />

BASIAEQS SQTHPns EPMAIOY. Diademate bust <strong>of</strong> Hermseus to r. <strong>with</strong> chlamys<br />

covering the neck and breast ; behind the head ? B. Maharajasa Tadarasa<br />

Ermayasa in Arianian characters ; Jupiter Aetophorus to I. on a throne <strong>with</strong><br />

high back ; under his right arm a monogram and two uncertain ; objects behind<br />

the throne an Arianian letter ? From the Bevil Collection (450).<br />

LYSIAS.<br />

BASIAEOS ANIKHTOY AYSIOY. Head <strong>of</strong> Lysias to r. covered <strong>with</strong> the elephant's<br />

scalp. IJ. Maharajasa Apitahalasa Lisiasa in Arianian letters ; Hercules adv.<br />

towards I. crowning himself <strong>with</strong> his right hand ; in left hand, club, palm<br />

branch, and lion's skin ; in field to r. S ; to I. men. 187. Electrotype from<br />

the Museum <strong>of</strong> the India House.<br />

PHILOXENUS.<br />

BASIAEQS ANIKHTOY *IAOgENOY. Head <strong>of</strong> Philoxenus to r. <strong>with</strong> diadem and<br />

chlamys. B. Maharajasa Apatiiatasa Pelashinasa in Arianian letters ; helmeted<br />

horseman to r. ; galloping below, s and a mon. (Square coin.) Electro-<br />

type from the Museum <strong>of</strong> the India House.<br />

AEOHEBTUS.<br />

BASIAEQS AIKAIOY NIKH*opoY APXEBIOY. Bust <strong>of</strong> Archebius seen from behind,<br />

the head turned to I. ; armour or decorated chlamys on the left shoulder ; the<br />

right hand holding a spear horizontally. B. Maharajasa Dhamfkasa Jayadharasa<br />

Akhalfyasa ; in field to I. KP in monogram ; to r. a mon. Electrotype from the<br />

Museum <strong>of</strong> the India House.<br />

Note.—It is impossible to assign dates to any <strong>of</strong> the latter princes ; but the resemblance <strong>of</strong> their<br />

<strong>coins</strong> to those <strong>of</strong> Menauder leaves Uttle doubt <strong>of</strong> their having been his successors ;<br />

none <strong>of</strong> them pro-<br />

bably were later than 100 B.c. We may hope that monumental discoveries, combined <strong>with</strong> the study<br />

<strong>of</strong> the Arianian language, will<br />

guage was cultivated.<br />

give further insight into the history <strong>of</strong> the countries where that lan-<br />

NAMELESS KING (<strong>of</strong> uncertain date),<br />

Styling himself King <strong>of</strong> Kings and Great Saviour.<br />

Diademate and radiate bust <strong>of</strong> the king to r. ; on the breast a cuirass ; in the ear a<br />

round ear-ring (indicating an Indian origin) ; in right hand a short sceptre, or

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