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:

CATALOGUE

INDIAN COINS

THE b:ritish museum.

GREEK AND SOYTHIC KINGS Or BAOTRIA AND INDIA.

LONDON

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BY OEDEE OF THE TEUSTEES. LONGMANS &

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ASHBR & CO., 13, Bedeohd Steeet, TRUBNER 8j CO., 67 & 59, LiTDaATE Hill. A.

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:

THE COINS ,

or THE

GREEK AND SCYTSIC KINGS OF BACTRIA AND INDIA

THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

BY PEECY GAEDNEE,

Litt. D.

DISNET PJtOFESBOK OP ABCITAEOLOGT IK THE rSIVEESTTT OF CAMBKIDGE.

EDITED BY

EEGINALD STUAET POOLE,

LL.D.

CORHESPONDBNT OF THB INSTITUTE OP FBANCE-

LONDON

FEINTED BY OEDEE OF THE TEUSTEES. 1886.


:

LONDON PHINTED BY GILBEBT AND HIVINGTON, LIMITED, ST.

(tnixL^

JOHN'S SQUABE, CLEEKENWBI-L,

y\^.^.Ajux^^ w.

&»(^.

E.G.

Cr^.A-^ .f

Mu^CxA,


PREFACE.

EDITOR'S

The

present volume contains

all

the coins which were issued by

who

the Greek and Scythic kings

ruled in India and the neigh-

bouring lands between the time of Alexander the Great and the third century a.d.

The work has been long and and

editor,

The number of unusual

printer.

contains has greatly hindered difficulties is

laborious,

its

progress

have not been the only ones.

;

alike to compiler,

characters which

it

but the typographical

The

history of the kings

very obscure, and the types employed on their coins often of a

mixed and uncertain numismatics

even

offer

philological;

character.

On

richer material,

though

the other hand, few fields of

historical,

philological

archaeological,

theories

are

and

necessarily

excluded from these pages. Special thanks are due to General Cunningham, R.E.,

who has

allowed the compiler free use of his plates published in recent

volumes of the Numismatic Chronicle, and has thus enabled the present wise be

work :

to

be rendered

also to Professor

philological aid.

far

more complete than

Cecil Bendall,

it

could other-

who has given

valuable


vi

editoe's preface.

The system of

transliteration

adopted for Prakrit words

is

that

used by Professor Aufrecht in the Sanskritic Catalogue of the Bodleian Library; also in the Catalogue of Books in the British

Museum. I have carefully revised the manuscript of this work, comparing

each coin with the corresponding description.

EEGINALD STUART POOLE.


CONTENTS.

KODUCTION :—


CONTENTS.

II.

Insceiptions

itl.

MONOGBAMS

IV.

Types:—

Geebk,' Indian, and Sotthic

liii

Iv

.

Greek types

Ivi

Semi-Hellenic types .

Hindu

Ivii

.

types

Iviii

Parthian types

lix

.

Types of Yueh-Clii Kings V.

VI.

Weights Normal weights

The

Am an

VII. Table

Ix Ixvii

Ixix

of coins

Pali Alphabet

Ixx

transliterations

op

AND

RENDERINGS

OF

Prakrit legends

Ixxii

......... ......... ........ ......... .»...._. ......... ......... .......

COIN CATALOGUE:— Andtagoras

Sophytes Diodotus

I.

Euthydem^^s

Demetrius

Euthydemus Pantaleon Agathocles

Antimachus Eucratides

I.

.

.

.

.

.

3

.

.4

.

...... ..... .. .........

I.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

^.

.

.......... ......... ......... .......

Antialcidas

2

.

'

Heliocles,

Lysias

.

II.

Eucratides with Heliocles and Laodice Plato

.

1

6

8 9

10 12 13 19

20 21

25

29

Diomedes

31

Archebius

32

ApoUodotus

I.

.

34

ApoUodotus II

37

Strato 1

40

Agathocleia with Strato

43


CONTENTS.


X

CONTENTS.


CONTENTS.

XI PASA

Arsaces Dikaios Arsaces Theos

Kadphises II

Kanerkes

174 175

.

.........

175 175

INDEXES :— I-

II.

Types

177

Kings, Tyrants, &c.

III. Titles of

184

Kings—

A. Greek

B. Scythic, in Greek C.

Indian Titles and

186 letters

Words

.... .

rV. Remarkable Inscriptions and Legends

.

.

.

.

.

.

187 187 190

Table for converting English Indies into Millimetres and tbe Measures of Mionnet's Scale

191

Table of the relative Weights of English Grains and French

Grammes

....

....

192



LIST OF PLATES.

LIST OF PLATES. I.

II.

Andragoras, Sophytes, Diodotus, EuthyJemus

Euthydemus

I.,

III.

Demetrius, Euthydemus

rv.

Agathocles.

V.

Antimachus

VI.

VII. VIII.

IX. X.

XL XIL

I.,

II.,

Pantaleon.

Eucratides.

Eucratides, Plato. Heliocles, Autialcidas.

Antialcidas, Lysias, Diomedes.

Archebius, ApoUodotus. Apollodotus, Strato Strato

I.

Aga1;hocleia,

I.,

Menander.

Menander, Epander, Dionysius,

Zoilus.

XIIL

ApoUophanes, Artemidorus, Antimachus

XIV.

Hippostratus, Amyntas.

XV. XVI. XVII. XVIII.

XIX.

XX.

Maues, Azes. Azes. Azes.

Azes, AzUises.

XXIV.

Basileus Megas, Heiaiis, Hyrcodes, &c.

Vonones, Spalahores, &c.

SpaUrises &c., Gondophai-es.

Abdagases, Zeionises &c., Pacores, Orthagnes, Sanabares.

Kadphises

XXVI. XXVII.

Kanerkes.

XXVIII.

Hooerkes.

XXXII.

Philoxcnus, Niuias.

Maues.

Azilises,

XXIX. XXX. XXXI.

II.,

Hermaeus, Calliope, Kanjabala.

XXI. XXII. XXIII.

XXV.

I.

Demetrius.

I.,

Kadaphes, Kadphises

Kanerkes, Hooerkes.

Hooerkes, Bazodeo, &c.

Supplementary.

II.



THE COINS OF THE

GEEEK AND SGYTHIC KINGS OF

BACTEIA AND INDIA.



INTRODUCTION. In treating of the arrangement of the coins of the Greek and ^cythic Kings of Bactria and India,

Necessity for here

examining

dynasties succeeded one another in a

known

events of their reigns have been handed It

facts of their

was therefore unnecessary

order,

down

and the chief

to us

by ancient

to give the facts of

history as an introduction to the lists of the coins issued

But

ia regard to all but

necessary

The Kings of the Seleucid and Ptolemaic

history.

writers.

known

to enter briefly into all the

his-

it is

two or three of the kings

the ancient historians are quite silent ;

their

by them.

of the farther Bast,

and coins and

alone save us from ignorance even of their names.

inscriptions

Therefore

it is

necessary in this Introduction to trace the outlines of any history

which can now be recovered, and in particular in some forth the historical facts which

of the coins.

may

be estabhshed by means

In order to bring the discussion into the narrowest

possible limits,

it

wiU be necessary

jecture, however- tempting

;

points, merely indicating

where

referring,

fairly

detail to set

when

possible, to

(1)

to abstain

from mere con-

avoid full discussion of disputed

(2) to

difference of

opinion exists, and

works already published, or monographs

in various numismatic journals;

(3)

to treat in detail only such

parts of history as have a numismatic bearing.

The

writers to

Most important writers.

whom

credit is

pherment

due for the arrangement and deci-

of these coins are, in the first rank,

Prinsep* and

General Alexander

James

Cunningham.f

* Essays on Indian Antiquities.

f Coins

of the Successors of Alexander,

Numismatic

Chronicle, 1868, &o^

b


INTRODUCTION.

XVIU

Mr. E. Thomas,* Lassen^f and Wilson.J

liave

also

done much

important workj both historical and numismatic, in the same

The most recent monograph on the whose scholarly acquirements and enabled him

coins

solid

is

that of

von

field.

Sallet,§

numismatic judgment have

on many points the theories of his prede-

to correct

Mr. James Pergusson's and Professor CowelFs researches

cessors.

have also been of the greatest value to the present purpose ; and there

much

is

valuable matter in von Gutschmid's article on the

Grraeco-Parthian Britannica, it

will

s.

Empire

in the ninth edition of the Encydopcedia

When

v. Persia.

a debt

due to other writers,

is

be mentioned in the foot-notes.

I.

The numismatics Alexander the Great:

HisTOKicAL Outlines.

of the

Greek

^n^^ Diodotus. \t^

rulers of India properly begins

But

there are a few coins issued

India or neighbouring countries at an earlier

Eulers who issued coin B.C.

330—

*°*'"

period than his, which are, for convenience, in-

eluded jn this volume.

Whether Alexander

during his sojourn in India, issued coins in his

perhaps be doubted

certain bronze coins, his

but

;

[]

it is

himself,

own name, may

at least a plausible conjecture that

bearing the usual types of Alexander and

name, but of square form, were issued in India^ as the custom

of issuing square coins already existed in India in Alexander's time

but in no other country. in the British

These pieces, then, unfortunately wanting

Museum, may be considered

as the earliest

Greek

coins of India.

* Notes

to Prinsep's Essays.

f Indische AUerthumshunde. X Ariana Antiqua, § Zeitschrift filr Numismatih, Berlin 1879. The conjecture is Dannenberg's, Zeitschr. f. Num. vi. 166 (note), who, however, gives the coins to Bactria. India is a far more reasonable attribution.. II


;

HISTORICAL OUTLINES.

In recent years the region of Balkli

XIX

(Bactria) has furnished

an

abundant supply of coins, issued by the immediate successors of Alexander in that

Greek

letters

Among

district.*

on the obverse

j

these are double darics, with

gold and silver coins of the

three

first

Antiochi, with the types of a seated Apollo and of a horse's head silver coins of Seleucus

a horse's head

Antiochus

I.,

I.,

coins issued during the joint reigns of Seleucus

;

bearing the names of both rulers

an early king of the Persepolitan

Among

these also have silver, of

;

with types of a chariot of elephants and

and gold money of

;

with Pehlvi legend.

class,

come

to light a few coins, in gold

named Andragoras, who

a king

and

and con-

is

jectured to have been ruler of Parthia or one of the

neighbouring countries in the early part of the third century

The

only ancient authority

states

up

who mentions

this

Andragoras to have been the name of of Parthia

as Satrap

by Alexander,

by

overthrown eighty years later

the

,

king

a Satrap of Parthia Arsaces.

first

B.C.

who

a Persian noble set

(1)

(2)

is Justin,-!"

more

It is

probable that the coins published in our catalogue belong to the

The

period of the second of these rulers. that the ruler

and

who

issued

them claimed

issue of gold coin

this is a further reason for assigning

him

to the time of the

break np of the Seleucid empire in the East, about

The coins of Sophytes were They

first

250.

B.C.

pubHshed by Cunningham.f

more interesting because

are the

shows

a complete independence

their date

Sophytes.

and place of

We learn from

can be approximately fixed.

issue

several of the historians of Alexander's reign that

Sopeithes, or Sophytes, ruled a district on the banks of the Acesines * P. Gardner, ham, in B. A.

S.

in

Num.

Chron. 1879,

B. Journal, 1881,

p.

1

p. 151.

;

1880, p. 181

;

1881,

p. 8.

river enriched the cabinets of collectors.

t

Justin,

X

Num.

xii. 4, xli.

4

Chron. 1866,

Of.

Num.

p. 220.

Canning-

Especially has a find from the

Chron. 1879,

p. 1

;

1881, p.

8.

Oxus


J

XX

INTKODTJCTION.

and was confirmed by the But Sophytes' coins are copied from

at the time of Alexander's invasion, latter in the possession of

it.

the issues, not of Alexander, but of Seleucus.

It

would appear

from them that Sophytes renewed with Seleucus, very probably on the occasion of that king's eastern expedition against Sandracottus, the friendship which he had established with Alexander.

After this expedition, for the period of a century, that

is

to say

during the third century before our era, India proper was governed altogether

by

native rulers

j

the power of the Seleucidae and Greek

kings of Bactria stopping at the Indian Caucasus.

The date Th B

t

of the revolt of Bactria against the authority of the

n

revolt. 10

Seleucidae,

who had

inherited all the eastern parts

of the empire of Alexander, cannot be accurately

us.

fixed.

Justin,* however, states that

was con-

it

temporary with another revolt of one of the eastern provinces of the Seleucid empire, that of the Parthians under Arsaces

which took place

in B.C.

About

248.t

;

an event

that time, then, Diodotus,

Satrap of Bactria, revolted against Antiochus

succeeded in establishing his independence.

He

II.

of

Syria,

and

seems to have pre-

pared his subjects for a change of masters by issuing coin bear,

ing the types of Antiochus

II. of Syria, -but

with his

own

portrait.

After his establishment in the kingdom he continued this issue

unchanged, only substituting his for that of ^he Seleucid king. died,

and was succeeded by

own name,

According to Justin, ยง Diodotus soon

his son, also

a treaty of alliance with Arsaces, the

seems clear that

all

besides his portrait,

coins which have

*

xli. 4.

f

Gardner, The Parthian Coinage, p.

named Diodotus, who made

first

Parthian king.

come down

But

it

to us bearing the

3.

J Br. Mus. Catalogue of Seleucid Coins, p. 15. Cf. Num. Chron. 1881, p. 11. Justin calls Diodotus Theodotus. But Trogus Pompeius seems to ยง xli. 4. have had the name right, Frol.

lib. xli.


HISTORICAL OUTLINES.

XXI

name- of Diodotus were issued by one king. either suppose that Justin is

We

'

must therefore

wrong and has duplicated a

single

monarch, or that the younger Diodotus continued the issue of his

money unchanged,

father's

finally,

or,

continued during his lifetime

to

that

issue

elder Diodotus

the

money

in

the

name

of

Antiochus of Syria, and that our coins with the name of Diodotus

were issued by his

son,

name and

on the

portrait

who

first

ventured to introduce his

Between these

coin.

cannot venture to decide ; in favour of the that the portrait of Diodotus

on

more than middle age; the

coins

elderly portrait, being

We

now

""^ "

of

flat

fabric,

was superseded

possibly a Satrap of

who was

we

may be observed man of not

his coins is that of a

by Buthydemus, a native

Antiochus

alternatives

and bearing an

considered forgeries.

learn that Diodotus

Eastern expedi-

last, it

own

in full

in the rule of Bactria

of Magnesia, in Ionia,

some neighbouring province,

power

at the time

when Antiochus

III.

the G-reat made his eastern expedition, in or about

The

B.C. 208.

his history

battle

accurate pages of Polybius* give us a glimpse into

which

is

very valuable.

by Antiochus, and unable

Buthydemus being defeated

in

to oppose him, appealed to his

generosity, saying that he was born in Asia Minor, and was not one

who had revolted against Antiochus II., but, on the contrary, had gained the kingdom after rooting out the descendants of those of those

who had arise if

so revolted.

He

he were obliged

pointed out the grave danger that must to call in the aid of the Scythians,

who

were already hovering on the Chinese frontier of his dominions. Antiochus seems to have been open to conviction finally, he agreed :

acknowledge Buthydemus' independence ; and, taking a fancy to Demetrius his son, promised him one of his own daughters in to

marriage. * Hist.

X.

ad fin.,

xi. 34.


;

INTUODTJCTION.

Xxii

After making

terms

Euthydemus, Antioclius advanced

witli

and made a treaty with the

into India,

across the Paropamisus

who seems

Indian king, Sophagasenus, or Subhagasena, time to have been in

full

dominion stretching

at that

possession of the Kabul Valley, the Greek

little,

at

if

to the south of the Indian

all,

and

Thence Antiochus returned, through Arachosia

Caucasus.

Drangiana, to Syria.

With the beginning

of

the second century

changes taking Eucratides

in

the

Demetrius succeeded ' and we :

find, as

his son

contemporary .

rival of the latter, the great Eucratides,

At

whose

and defeat may be partly traced

career of chequered victory historical records.

great

Greek regions of

_

and

find

On the death of Euthydemus,

Central Asia.

:

conquests to East & South

place

we

b.c.

in

the same time the Greeks, perhaps in con-

sequence of the constantly increasing pressure from the north of the nomadic tribes of Central Asia,

made

their

way

the

across

Indian Caucasus, and began to wrest from the native Indian princes the districts of Kabul and the Panjab, which had been

dominion

native

Antiochus

III.,

by the

from

and which Diodotus does not seem

for coins of Diodotus are not

On

kings

Seleucid

left

Seleucus to

under I.

to

have attacked

found south of the Indian Caucasus.

the other hand, those of Euthydemus are found as far south as

Seistan,

and

as far east as the Panjab ;*

and the

city of Sagala, in

the neighbourhood of Lahore, bore the surname of Euthydemia.

Thus the sudden extension of the Greek pale would seem a feature of the later years of Euthydemus.

statements of ancient writers, that the

Euthydemus but in the

kingdom

his son Demetrius,

p.

137.

it

at Attok.

been

appears, from the

actual conqueror

who was probably

as well as his successor.

* Some were found in the Indus 1869,

But

to have

was not

his colleague

Thus Justinf speaks of

See Cunningham, in

t

xli. 6.

Num.

Chron.,


HISTOETCAL OUTLINES.

XXlll

Demetrius as king of India, and Strabo* couples him with Menander as a chief agent of is

Greek conquest

that Demetrius

made

in India.

What seems most likely

considerable conquests during his father^s

lifetime.

We are, however, scarcely justified in saying, as does v.Gutschmid.f that -'Demetrius himself marched

down the

course of the Indus,

conquered Pattala and the kingdom of Saraostes (Surashtra) and Sigerdis, probably the district of the commercial city Barygaza."

The

careless

language of the passage of Strabo

in

which these-places

are mentioned as within the Greek pale seems only to imply that

some

of the

Greek kings extended their conquests

so far

j

and

it is

reasonable to suppose that the rule of Menander was extended farther to south

and east than that of Demetrius ;

conquest of the Indus valley

to

Menander

may be with more

Not only did Euthydemus

therefore the

reason ascribed.

acquire, through his

son's

activity,

territory in India, but he also probably ruled the widest district

ever possessed by the Greeks to the north of the Paropamisus,

from

Margiana to

Chinese

Tartary.

Even

into

the

Celestial

Empire the influence and the trade of the Greeks seems at this time to have penetrated.

Of

this a proof is furnished

by a coin

brought by Sir D. Forsyth from Kashgar,J bearing a Chinese legend

and inscribed with the name and Hermaeus.

by the

and usurpations

first

Antimachus.

11, 1.

of fresh kings of uncertain origin, such as the'

Most of

Strabo's

statements as to early Bactrian history

For instance, he speaks of the revolt of Arsaces Euthydemus. of

are loose and incorrect.

quent to the

rise

t In Bncycl. Brit,, Persia, p. 590. % Numism. Chron. 1879, p. 274. That formed, denied.

up

between Demetrius and Eucratides, as well as by the

rise

xl.

of a Greek king, possibly

After Euthydemus' death his dominions were broken

rivalry

* Geog.

titles

this coin is of iron, is

as subse-

now, I

am

in-


XXIV

INTEODTJCTION.

Of Eucratides

fortunate chance, the Coins of

We know, however, by a

also the origin is obscure.

names of

his father

and mother. -

»

.

.

These are tarnished to us by the remarkable coins *

Eucratides

with his father and mother.

^yhich bear

on one

side the

head of Eucratides, and

the inscription BaaiKev'i EvKpaTtST]<; ; on the other

The

the portraits of his father and mother, Heliocles and Laodice.

very collocation of the inscriptions which appear on the two sides of those

coins, BacriXevi EiiKpaTiSr]';

— 'HXiotcKeovi

icaX AaoSi/cr]<;,

where we seem almost compelled to understand the word shows that in them Eucratides intends to proclaim

seem to have been a king

Heliocles does not trait

at

»to?,

hia parentage.

all,

for hia

por-

wears no diadema, but Laodice's head does seem to be bound

with the diadema, in the Greek East the invariable sign of royalty.

And

indeed her appearance on coins in such a connexion would

scarcely be explicable unless she were of royal parentage.

must remain

in ignorance

whose daughter she was.

Yon

But we

Sallet has

proposed an entirely different interpretation of the coins in quea-

He

thinks that they were issued

by Eucratides, not in honour on the occasion of the marriage of his son Heliocles (who afterwards succeeded him) with a Laodice, whom tion.

of his parents, but

Sallet

have been daughter of Demetrius by the

conjectures to

daughter

of Antiochus III.,

whom

monarch

that

Demetrius in the course of his Indian campaign. thesis

some recent writers have

of theory.

But

it is

the one fact that the

to

)

of

name Laodice was

the Seleucid dynasty of Syria.

more weight.

The

how

Sallet

hypo-

On

young persons

In

its

favour

usual in (not peculiar

the other side are reasons

portraits of Hehocles

coins are of elderly, not

this

tried to build further structures

unfitted to bear such a weight.

is

betrothed to

On

;

and

and Laodice on the it is

not easy to see

would interpret in the inscriptions which accompany * See page

19, pi. vi, 9, 10.


XKV

HISTORICAL OUTLINES. the portraits

the genitive case in the names of Heliocles and

Laodice, unless he understands before them the word

with that of Eucratides (pL vii. 1, 2),

lie

any

vi.

(pi.

9),

and that of the younger Heliocles

must allow that it resembles Eucratides

than his son ; which artist

(pi. v. 0),

If

vto?.

one carefully compares the head of the elder Heliocles

far more nearly

may be best accounted for by supposing

that the

constructed the head of the elder Heliocles after his death,

on the analogy

of that of his son Eucratides.

The wars between Demetrius and Eucratides Wars

Justin ; *

of

Demetrius and

are mentioned by

but the statements of

be received with great

must

this writer

caution, nor can

we

believe

his assertions that the Indian conquests of Eucratides

belong to the end of his reign, or that Demetrius ruled until nearly the same time. coins

of Demetrius

For the coins seem

come

of Eucratides are very

commonly found

from Bactria, those

Kabul Valley.

in the

Greek legends

coins of Demetrius bear

and that they were

date than the

issued in India.

The

only, with rare exception,

while the bronze coins of Eucratides are nearly indication alike of their later

The

to contradict them.

in almost all cases

all bilingual,

money

We therefore,

an

of Demetrius

must

still

retain

the opinion that Demetrius ruled only during the early part of the reign of Eucratides in Bactria as well as in India, and that

Eucratides was for a great part of his reign lord of India as well as of

Bactria and Arachosia.

Eucratidia in Bactria;

Euthydemia

Eucratides founded

Demetrius, Demetrias

in

the city of

Arachosia,

and

in India.

Cunningham

places the

commencement

of the career of Eucratides

* " Multa tamen Eucratides bella magna virtute

gessit,

quibus adtritus

cum

obsidionem Demetrii regis Indorum pateretur, cum ceo. militibus Ix. milia hoslium adsiduis eruptionibus vicit. Qainto itaque mense liberatus Indiam in potes-

tatem redegit.

Unde cum

interficitnr."— Justin,

se reciperet a

filio

quem socium

regni fecerat, in itinera

xli. 6.

e


INTRODUCTION.

XXVI Eeign

about

of

lucratides.

His reign began

right.*

tinued with chequered fortune coins are fonnd,f and their

We

power.

may

also

and tliis date must be approximately

B.C. 190,

;

commonness, seems

remark

his

over which hia

field

to testify to his great

assumption of the

a clear indication of extensive dominions,

fieya^ as

and was con-

brilliantly,

but the wide

title BaaiXeiif;

and the

fact

that his types and titles are copied

by the kings of

by Timarchus, king

showing how widely his money

But

circulated.

tain provinces

II

it

of Babylon,ยง as

appears that towards the end of his reign cer-

were wrested from him by the Parthians, probably king Mithradates, who came to the throne

in the time of their great

about

170.

B.C.

whom

Plato,

kings,

who

to have lasted

money,

certainly imitate his

the date on his unique and to have ruled in B.C. 165,

Plato.

B.C.

The reign of Bucratides appears

the times of two

until

Parthia,} and

remarkable coin shows

and Timarchus of Babylon

Plato would seem to have been a mere ephemeral rival,

162.

or a revolted satrap of Eucratides.

We must ^ ^, ^ luthydemus

assign to the period of the reign of Eucratides, that to the first half of the second century- B.C., the ' J

is,

, II.

.

coins

Pantaloon,

-Agathocles,

Att^machuTi.

kings

the

of

which was

Euthydemus

and Antimachus first

of style quite incontestable.

made by von

It

is

I.

II.,

Pantaleon,

This assignment,

Sallet^ is

on grounds

impossible, in view of the art

* There does not seem to be any conclusive evidence on the point, v. Sallet quotes the imitation of Eucratides' types by certain early Arsacid kings as a proof that Eucratides' reign began early; but the attribution of the early coins of the Arsacidae is a matter of dispute.

t According to Cunningham, they are found at Balkh, in Bokhara; the Kabul Valley, &c., and a few in the Panjab. t For

instance, Arsaces VI.,

Coinage, p. 31.

ยง B.

M.

Tn"

"

II

Seistan

xl. 11, ed.

Mithradates I. See Gardner. Tke Parthian Other writers attribute these coins to others of the Arsaoidae

Cat. Seleucidae,

pi.

'

xv. 2, p. 50.

.

'Aairiiivov Koi rifv Tovpioiav d(j>;^p7,vTo EiK/)ari'8,v bl Uapdva'wi

Kramer.

The names seem

corrupt,

:

Strabo

and have been variously amended.


XXVII

HISTORICAL OUTLINES.

and

fabric of the coins of those kings, to give them, as previous

Cunningham

writers,

and

Bactrian

independence.

even

confirmed by the

And

did,

the

consideration

the earliest

to

evidence

that as

all

of style

is

days

of

further

these kings reigned

on the south side of the Paropamisus, they cannot be assigned to

an

than

period

earlier

of the

that

Indian

conquests

of

Demetrius.

This

new

light is of the utmost importance in the classification

of the earlier Greek kings of India

which was is

full

of difficulties,

:

entirely destroys

it

and puts

in

its

an order

place one which

thoroughly intelligible and satisfactory.

The

coins of the younger

to those

of Demetrius,

therefore, be

Buthydemus

are certainly subsequent

whose types they borrow.

no reasonable doubt that

younger son of Euthydemus

I.,

this

There can,

king was either the

or else the son of Demetriiis

and

grandson of Buthydemus

L As

demus are not by most

writers distinguished from those of the

the coins of the younger Buthy-

elder, it is not possible to ascertain their find-spots, or to determine

the locality -of his reign

From

;

its

the rarity of his coins

date would seem to be about it

may be judged

b.c. 1

70.

that his reign was

soon brought to an end. Pantaloon and Agathocles strike with almost identical types.

They both adopt the metal nickel* for their coins, and they alone use They seem, therefore, in their legends the square Indian alphabet. to have

been

closely connected, either brothers, or father

and

son.

Coins of both are found in the Kabul Valley and the western Kandahar. PantaPaniab, and those of Agathocles as far south as

have been the elder of the two, and leon seems from his portrait to reign to have been ephemeral. the rarity of his coins shows his seems to have ruled more widely and longer, and he has Agathocles

* See Dr. Flight's analysis in

Num.

Chron. 1868,

p.

305.


XXVlll

INTRODUCTION.

left US in

some

of his coins valuable materials for the determination

of points in his history.

Of the greatest importance

„ Medals struck ,

,

^

,

may

.

by

•'

Agathocles

issued

tetradrachms,

by Agathocles' in commemo-

of his predecessors in

These medals reproduce alike the

Bactria.

what

predecessors, and,

by

we

a series of coins,* which indeed

rather term medals,' of the weight of Attic &

ration

that only

is

their style

more unusual,

still

is

and

their inscriptions

the ordinary coins of those monarchs.

AAEHANAPOY TOY

<l>IAinnoY

The

the Greek rule of portraits

of these

their coin-types, so

do they

from

differ

inscriptions run thus

:

BAZIAEYoNToZ AfAOOKAEOYZ AIKAIOY

ANTIOXOY NIKATOPOZ AIOAOTOY ZHTHPOZ EYOYAHMOY OEOY To

we must add

these

the parallel coin of

AIOAOTOY ZflTHPOZ I

King Antimachns

:

BAZIAEYONTOZ OEOY ANTIMAXOY

have elsewheret discussed these medals, the true character of

which

V.

Sallet

was the

to

first

establish.

They prove that

Pantaleon and Agathocles, like the younger Euthydemus, belonged to the faction of

Euthydemus

I.

sumably opposed to Eucratides. pedigree through Euthydemus * n.

iv. 1, 3,

XXX. 5,

t Num. Chron.

1881,

I.,

and Demetrius, and were preAgathocles traces his political Diodotns, and an Antiochus,+ to

6. p.

184.

X It is disputed which of the three first Antiochi of Syria is the Antiochus Nicator of these coins. None of them seems really to have home the title • the first was Soter, the second Theos, the third Megas. In favour of Antiochus I it may be urged that he was the only Antiochus who held undisputed sway in Bactria, and might well be regarded by the Eastern Greeks as full successor of Alexander the Great ; also his father Seleucus was called Nicator. In favour of Antiochus II., we have the strong argument that the type of the seated Herakles which is repeated on the Bactrian coin is copied from coins of Syria given by


;

HISTOIUCAL OUTLINIiS.

Alexander tte Great himself.

Theee

predecessor.

improbable

in

thocles were

all

more

facts

itself,

Antimaclius claims Diodotus as his

seem

that

XXIX

what

to suggest,

Buthydemus

And

sons of Demetrius.

speculative, Antimachus, as to

information, was the representative

II.,

is

by no means Aga-

Pantaleon, and

possibly,

though

this is

whose connexions we have no

by descent

or otherwise of the

house of Diodotus.

The types of Antimachus'

coins

add one more

They

facts of Greek- Indian history.

Types of imac us.

silver coins,

to the few are,

known on the

Poseidon holding trident and palm

and on the bronze. Victory standing on a

There

ship.

no

is

mistaking the meaning of these types, which clearly allude to a naval victory this victory

won by

the king.

It

might seem at

must have been won on the open

rule never extended to the sea

:

sea.

first

sight that

But Antimachus'

his coins are found both

on the

north and the south of the Caucasus, but never south of the

We

Panjab.

won on

must therefore suppose

the Indus, or one of

its

that the naval victory

great tributaries

j

was

and, indeed,

it

be understood that the Greeks would place so large a may river as the Indus under the sway of Poseidon. easily

Eucratides was succeeded by his son Heliocles. Heliocles

:

two

classes of coins.

king are found mostly j^^bul Valley.

He

is,

in Bactria,

as

The

coins of this

but also in the

Canningham remarks, the

last

king who struck to the north of the Indian Caucasus.

mav

therefore be almost sure that in his reign the nomadic tribes

"We

conquered the whole country as far south as the Bamian Pass.

The

silver coins of Heliocles fall into

two

classes.

The

first class

consists of coins of the Attic standard of weight, bearing Greek In favour of Antioclius III., the only argument the term Nicator seems to he applied to this where is a passage of Malala (p. 261), all weight by the numerous mistakes which of deprived is passage this But king. The balance of evidence is greatly in favour of Antiochus I. or II. contains. general consent to Antiochus II.

it


XXX

INTRODUCTION.

The second

legends only.

class consists

of coins of a different

weight, which. I call the Persian^* which bear bilingual inscriptions

and a the

The theory

different portrait of the king.

first class

was issued by the king while he ruled

the second class at a later period,

And

of India.

is

is

it

obvious that

in Bactria,

when he was king only

and

of a corner

greatly in favour of this view' that the coins

of the Bactrian class were largely copied by the barbarous tribes of central Asia, just as the coins of Philip and Alexander were by

the G-auls

who invaded Macedon about

Indian class are closely like

Kabul Valley and

Down

coins, of

B.C.

e IOC 08.

290, while those of the

subsequent Greek kings of the

India.

to the reign of Heliocles,

Successors of

B.C.

160

which must be assigned to about

—120, we are

pj, jj^^jg

able to trace with certainty,

jggg tiia,n certainty, the order of succession

But we now

of the Greek kings of India.

arrive

on the verge of a

period of uncertainty, where the data are very scanty.

task would become almost hopeless, were Principal infor-

it

our

China preserve a general outline of the history of

the wanderings of the

of

nomad

western borders of China, during the second and identify the

names of kings and of places

Chinese with those which it is

fact,

Bactria and India in the account which they give

mation from

To

In

not that the annals of

we

nations on the

first

centuries B.C.

by the

as recorded

find on the coins is

no easy task but

a task which has been attempted, and with some measure of

success in the opinion of those best qualified to judge.

The most recent authority who has examined the Chinese evidence as to the migrations of the Tueh-chi, M. E. Specht + Chiaese account thus sums

201 and 165

b.c.

it

up

:

—The Yueh-chi were conquered

by the Huns, and

fled

in

westward, subjugating the

Ta-hia of Bactria, and fixing their seat to the north of the Oxus * See bolow,

p. Iviii

.

f Journal Asiatique, 8th

Ser., vol.

ii.

p.

348.


HISTORICAL OUTLINES.

where a Chinese ambassador found them

in

XXXI

126

e.g.

A hundred

they captured Lan-chi, the capital of the Ta-hia. later,

Khiu-tsiu-kio [Kadphises

Yueh-chi

tribes,

conquered

of the Arsacidae,* seized

great kingdom.

I.],

After that

ruler of the Kushans, one of the

the other tribes, invaded the

all

visit

years

kingdom

Kabul and Ki-pin [Cophene], and formed a

His son conquered India, and the empire thus

founded lasted from the middle of the

first to

the end of the fourth

century.

Who

the Ta-hia

may be

not clear

is

;

they have been identified

with the Scythian tribe of the Dahae, but the Chinese description

them

of

—" each town was governed by

was weak and feared war,"

— would

its

magistrate, the population

not apply to any Scythic race,

but would very well apply to the native Bactrians under Greek

dominion; and the date at which the Greeks were driven across the Paropamisus, in the reign of Heliocles, would B.C.

fall

not far from

126.

In the Kabul Valley the Hellenic race held out until

Kadphises

I.

led the united tribes of Yueh-chi against them,

and, after vanquishing them, ruled the country, at

with the

last king,

The Chinese

for a century later,

Hermaeus, and

first in

conjunction

finally in his place.

give us two dates of the utmost

authorities thus

value for the reconstruction of the history of India and Bactria

the

nomad

tribes

conquered Bactria (Heliocles) about

and India (Hermaeus) about

B.C.

numismatic evidence very well. to a far earlier

early a

period than

time as 138

—120.

historical records, but

timony. * About

it

is

B.C.

These dates both

125,

suit the

Gen. Cunningham gives Hermaeus 25,

assigning him indeed

But not only does also in collision with

For Hermaeus was, as B.C. 31, Phraates,

25.

B.C.

:

all

to so

this conflict with

numismatic tes-

writers agree, the last of the

with the help of a Scythian army, expelled Tiridates

from the government of Parthia.


—

XXXU

INTRODUCTION.

We are

Greek kings of Kabul. Heliocles

and him the reigns of

coins have

come down to

Moreover the forms of Nicias,

is

all

these reigns into the

an unreasonable proceeding.

on some of the

coins, those of Zoilus,

and Hermaeus, entirely preclude us from assigning them to

so early a period as

The

—130,

letters

the twenty Greek kings whose

all

To cramp

us.

space of thirty years, B.C. 160

therefore obliged to place between

B.C.

130

they must be quite a century

;

authorize the supposition

Chinese writers also

later.

that the

Scythian race which wrought the ruin of the Greeks was that of the Yueh-chi,

And

who have been

the coins, in this

identified with the Tochari of Strabo.

confirming Chinese testimony, show that

the tribe of Yueh-chi to which Kadphises belonged was the tribe of Kushan, already mentioned on the last page.

This knowledge

many

points.

We

is

valuable

are

still

;

but

it

kingdom

on

unaware to what tribes belonged the

barbarous rulers of India in this age

Kadphises.

leaves us in ignorance

who

did not

come

in with

Maues, Azes, and their successors, who established a

in India,

as

we

shall

hereafter see,

before the days of

Hermaeus, do not appear to have been Yueh-chi; and we are quite in doubt as to the connexions of Gondophares

and other

rulers.

Before proceeding to speak more in detail of the various groups of kings,

we

will set forth in the

lines of our historical

them

:

form of a chart the general out-

and geographical knowledge in regard to


CHAET TO SHOW EXTENT OE DOMINIONS AND DATES OF GEEEK AND SCYTHIC KINGS. Sate.


XXXIV

INTEODTJCTION.

Leaving out of account the predecessors of Heliocles, we know already of upwards

twenty kings and of two

of

Greek Successors of

queens wlio ruled in the Kabul Valley and

Heliocles;arrangemeat.

Paniab after about

160, and before the Indo-

B.C.

''

Scythic conquest of those regions.

arrangement of these rulers

and even is

of impossibility.

The

:

and indeed

its

The orderly

a matter of the utmost difficulty

is

classification of

based on indications so slight that

ticism

the

it

General Cunningham

cannot

resist serious cri-

depends in a great degree on

validity

his

arrangement of the early kings, which must now be given up in consequence of the readjustment

Von

Sallet so entirely despairs of

he adopts one which

is

of Pantaleon

merely alphabetical.

attempted in the present catalogue in

something

like

is

to

All that has been

group the kings roughly

chronological order, keeping similar types of

By means

coin as far as possible together.

can easily be found, and that It will

and Agathocles.

any reasonable arrangement that

however be well to

of the Index any king

the chief necessity.

is

set forth briefly

what certain data we

possess for the chronological and geographical as-

Chronological

**'*

si^nment of the kings.

We will

begin with the

chronological.

The only one Date of Antialeidas

of these later

Attic standard

„

sor

A

some

common

who

strikes

Antialcidas,

money on the

who must

therefore

be either a contemporary or an immediate succes-

and Lysias,

strike

kings is

of

coins in

And

Heliocles.

common

type of Antialcidas

they also is

as Antialcidas

and Lysias

must be contemporaries.

the pilei of the Dioscuri,

which seems to connect him with Bucratidesj his portrait also resembles that of Heliocle^ he would seem therefore not improbably to be:

long to the Eucratidian dynasty.

The connexion of Lysias

is

obscure.

There are also a few restrikings which help us in the assign-


mSrOEICAL OUTLINES.

ment of dates

Evidence of ^^"

some of the Greek kings of

to

Heliocles restrikes

and the name and types

some

India.

some of the coins of Strato

of Eucratides are

AntialcidaSjf as well as on

Apollodotus I;J but

XXXV

I,*

stamped on a piece of

coins which I have assigned to

has been doubted whether these coins of

it

Eucratides were really issued during his lifetime.

Any attempt finally

to arrange the

The kings did not

^^ failure. j^^^.

adopted

indications.

One

nience.

establish this. is

lists

and legends which they use

of the types Types and legends of coins offer few

kings in dynastic

by means

is

them according o

to fancy or ./

or two instances will be sufficient to

not resemble Eucratides in his

Yet he does

title {SiKaio'; for fiiya^),

wear the same helmet, nor use the same types.

he does not

In the two

On

respects Demetrius differs from his father Buthydemus.

other handj Diodotus,

who

revolted against Antiochus

These instances are

the types of the Syrian king.

that identity of types between two kings tion to one another, nor related.

is

no proof of

is

appears when we compare

same type, Herakles It

is

can

we draw any

prove

their rela-

conclusions from the

title. is

that which

the rare coins of Agathocleia, wife of

Buthydemus. seated,

which

They bear on the reverse the is

not usual in the Bactrian

almost certain that Agathocleia must have been a

king's daughter and heiress

;

otherwise, as

we know from

* Strato also restrikes coins of Heliocles.

t

the

retained

sufficient to

Perhaps the most suggestive approximation of types

Strato, with those of

II.,

last

divergence of types any proof that they

Still less

form of a helmet or the adoption of a

series.

conve-

That Heliocles was son and successor of Eucratides

perhaps the most certain fact in Bactrian history.

were not

destined

inherit these things,

Sallet, p. 298.

X Cunningham,

in

Num.

Chron. 1869,

p.

226.

the coins


XXXVl

INTEODTJCTION.

name would

of Greek kings, her

Buthydemus j Agathocleia may well have been But

or otherwise related to him. are

therefore very

is,

We have already seen that king Agathocles was probably son

likely.

of

on "the

scarcely have appeared

That she was descended from Buthydemus

coin.

obviously the greatest risks

his grand-daughter^

in this kind of

and we

j

will

argument there

attempt

in

it

no

second instance.

A large

from Heliocles to Hermaeus

find of coins of the kings

was discovered some years ago at Sonipatj* and no

Evidence of onipa n .

-^^^g

Gen. Cunningham,

^Qg specimens have been weighed by

^j^^^

who has

acutely suggested that the order of the

reigns

may be gathered by

weight

lost in circulation

by

a consideration of the amount of the coins of different kings,

those

kings whose coins are most worn being naturally supposed to be the earliest.

The

loss is as follows

:

Heliocles, 5"43 gr.

Philoxenus,

ApoUodotus, 4-57 gr.

Menander, 3-72 gr.

Strato, 4'56 gr.

Diomedes, 3"39

Antimachus

4'48 gr.

II,,

Antialcidas, 4'10 gr. Lysias,

In

373

is

This

standard.

Amyntas, 3'30

gr.

gr.

Hermaeus, 3"20

gr.

gr.

assumed that the normal standard for 37 grains, and that all kings minted up to that

this calculation

hemidrachms

3' 77 gr.

is,

it

is

of course, not certain ; nevertheless, the x-esults

of the test so nearly agree with the testimony of style, that scarcely be

correct

;

wrong

in regarding the

we can

above order as approximately

only Antialcidas and Lysias should not be placed so late.

Among

all

Menander.

these kings, two only, ApoUodotus

^nown

to

identified

*

and Menander, are

US from other sources.

Menander

ia

with the Milinda of the Buddhist work

Num.

Chron. 1872,

p.

161.


XXXVU

HISTOEICAL OUTLINES.

" Milinda-prasna,"

records not only that

-whicli

lie

was born

at the

sub-Caucasian Alexandria, but that he was a just and powerful rdlerj

and a convert

to the

was reported to have crossed the

this does not greatly

Hypanis eastward and

river

penetrated as far as the Isamus, but as

Isamus was,

Strabo* says that he

Buddhist religion.

we

are ignorant where the

add to our knowledge.

records that as a ruler he was noted for justice

died

many

which

is

cities

;

Pl'utarchf

and that when he

were anxious to possess his ashes

—a

curious tale,

The

considered by Prinsep to indicate a Buddhist source.

extraordinary abundance and wide distribution of his silver coins well known. gaza,

many

They were

is

current, with those of ApoUodotus, at Bary-

years after his death,J and are

still

abundantly found

over a wide region, including Kabul, Jalalabad, Peshawar, Mathura,

and Eampur. They are not brought from Kandahar or Seistan. " From this evidence," says Cunningham, § " it is certain that

Menander could not have possessed any part of Arachosia

or

Drangiana, and that his dominions to the west of the Indus must

have been confined to the Kabul Valley and Eastern Afghanistan."

The

coins which bear the classes

:

name

of ApoUodotus

into two

fall

these are distinguished in the Catalogue.

ApoUodotus.

The second

class are of later

on them the king usually bears the

Cunningham

says

1|

Panjab and N.-W.

and poorer

style

and

General

of Philopator.

title

;

that the Philopator coins are found only in the India, while the others are found over a

much

wider area, including the " Upper Kabul Yalley in the north,

Kandahar and Roh

in the west

and

east,

and Sindh

in the south."

The evidence, on the whole, indicates that there were two kings of the

name *

xi.

of ApoUodotus,

of

whom

N/

11. 1.

% Periplus maris Erythraei, § Num. Chron. 1870, p. 221.

the

c.

+

later,

I>e

Philopator,

Bepul. Ger.,

p. 821.

47, ed. Miiller. ||

Ibid., 187-0, p. 77.

was


INTRODUCTION.

XXXVIU colleague of

Ms

father, the earlier,

And

with the

some part

his successor in

this probability will

be raised almost to a

we suppose that the restriking name of Eucratides took place in the

life-time of the latter;

of his dominions. certainty

and

if

of Apollodotus' coins

since the coins which bear the legend Philopator cannot

be brought

within a considerable distance of the reign of Eucratides.

We

have thus but slight indications, beside those of art and fabric, to help us in

data

;

determining the dates of the

Nor have we

kings from Heliocles to Hermaeus.

find-spots,

and monograms.

safer data for their

.... geographical assignment.

„,

The

find-spots of their coins have never been recorded with complete-

And

ness or accuracy. to contain the

names of

the

monograms which have been supposed

niints

have not been

spite of the diligent efforts of General

satisfactorily read, in

Cunningham, whose want of

success* in the matter seems to prove chat success at least in the present state of details of the types

is

not possible,

knowledge on the subject.

And

the

adopted by various kings help us no more in

determining the locality of their rule than in assigning their line of descent.

We

can,

however, make a few rough divisions

Heliocles and his predecessors minted, as his successors only it

we have

of

territory.

seen, in Bactria,

And further,

on the south of the Indian Caucasus.

would seem that the Panjab and the Kabul Valley were frequently

different hands.

be found

in

Hermaeus

On

Thus the

coins of Archebius

Kabul, and not to the east of the Indus

are far

commoner in the same

the other hand, the

coins

district

of kings

in

and Amyntas seem to ;

and those of

than in the Panjab.

Philoxenus, Strato, and

* Gen. Cunningham's readings have not heen accepted by the best numismatists. Sallet remarks, " Such interpretations and experiments have too weak a basis

Von

to serve for historical investigations."

Hevue Nu'mism., 1867,

p.

403.

See also the remarks of M. Chabouillet in the


XXXIX

HISTORICAL OUTLINES.

Hippostratus are ctiefly found to

made

exact statement could only be

A more

east of Jalalabad.

tlie

after

many

on

years' study

the spot.

The recorded

find-spots of coins are

however

sufficient to give

Cunningham

an idea of the extent of the Greek kingdom in India. states that coins of Apollodotus are

found as

and Sindh, and those of Menander

-as far east as

Jamna.

And

appear to be

there

that a G-reek ruler Patali-putra

were

far south as

(Oudh and

proofs in Sanskrit literature*

really Hellenized

Patna).

But

Ayodhya and were

expansions

these

no doubt that the only

is

Kandahar

Mathura on the

(perhaps Menander) besieged

temporary, and there

us

districts

which

were the Kabul Valley and the western

Panjab.

Coins

machus

Massonf

of II.,

Apollodotus,

Antialcidas,

Menander,

Lysias,

Anti-

Diomedes, Archebius, and Hermaeus, were found by

in the course of a

few years at Beghram

;

and

since his

time coins of Epander, Dionysius, Zoilus, Amyntas, and other kings

have been found in the same region,

not on the same

if

kings mentioned, and probably others of Greek

race,

site.

must

all

The have

reigned in the Kabul Valley.

With

we have placed one

the Greek kings

Banjabala.

of Indian name,

Eam'abala, whose coins resemble those of Strato, j •>

and show him to have been nearly contemporary

He may have

with that king.

his independence.

His

been a satrap of Strato, who asserted been found in the eastern

coins have

Panjab and at MathuraJ in company with some of Strato. * Cunningham, in Num. Chron. 1870,

f See his important Bengal, 1836, p. 537. J

Cunningham,

J.

A.

list

S.

p. 224.

of coins found at Beghram, in the Journ. As. Soc.

B. 1854,

p.

691.

In

this paper it is suggested that

be identical with Eajapa'la, a king of the lunar race of Dehli, and that Zeionises may be Jivana Raja of the same dynasty. The reasons against these identifications are, however, very strong.

Ranjabala

may


xl

INTEODUCTION.

The barbarous kings who make

tbeir appearance in India after

the destruction of the Greek kingdoms present SpytMc Kings.

even greater

difficulties

Antiocbus

Difficulties of

rono ogy.

of

arrangement tban do

Between the eastern expedition of

the Greek kings themselres.

III.j in B.C.

208^ and tbe era of Kanerkes,

wbich may be taken as fixed* to

absolutely fixed point,

A.d. 78,

there

is

no

and we are reduced to arguments of mere

probability.

Of

the coins of the barbarous rulers, those of

all

Yon

the earliest in style.

Sallet

Maues

are

remarks that the

Maues.

copper coins of this king are like those of Demetrius

and Apollodotus, and belong to a period not much In the forms of Greek

of those kings. art, his coins

King Maues

century

B.C.

and

at a later date

N.W.

style of

And

it

is

an

Nicias.

It is impossible to

than the middle of the

interesting

fact,

vouched

Cunningham, that his coins are found in the Panjab the

later than that

and the

are superior not only to those of Hermaeus, but also

to those of kings such as Zoilus

place

letters,

part of

it,

and not in Afghanistan.

first

for

by

only, especially

We

must suppose

that he ruled over some Scythic invaders,

who had

not through the Kabul Valley, but through

Kashmir or Nepal, while

the country to the west of Peshawar was ruled

Greek

kings.

At

Yarkand

are but

Pass

open

is

all

present

little

the

used, but

Passes it is

by contemporary

between

Kashmir and

stated that the

Karakoram

the year round; and the. trade between India

and Yarkand by that route has of

And we know

entered India

that in old times

peopled than at present.

late years greatly increased.

Kashgar was far more thickly

It is also a

matter of history that Nepal

has more than once been invaded by Chinese armies.

It

would

appear likely that at the time of the conquest of Bactria by the * See below,

p.

li.


'

:

xU

HISTOUICAL OUTLINES. Yueh-clii,

some

130,

B.C.

which something has been said already, about

as to

tribe of that

race or some other Scythic horde

passed southward through Kashmir or Nepal; and after imbibing

something of G-reek

civilization,

and learning the G-reek language,

succeeded during the decline of the Greek power after Menander in establishing a

was the

kingdom

Maues

to the east of the Indus, of which

first ruler.

Azes was, according

Von

to general consent, the successor of

Sallet suggests that he

Maues.

was his son, and reads

Azes, Azilises.

on

YMAVQ,

of Azes,

coins

which may stand for

with

vcb<s

Mavov.

legend

the

hesitation,

Azes was certainly

of later date than Maues, as the forms of his inscriptions and the art of his coins testify.

Jalalabad ;

it is

His money also

is

not found to the west of

therefore likely that he did not greatly extend the

dominions of Maues, though the extraordinary number of his coins testifies

to

his

wealth and power.

Azes

strikes in conjunction

with Aspavarma, Azilises, Vonones, and Spalirises, and Vonones in conjunction

This shows

with Spalahores and Spalagadamea.

whom

that Azes, Azilises, Vonones, and the Spalirises group, of

we

speak presently,

shall

single group of kings.

all

belong

one

to

But Vonones and

and

time

to

Spalirises seem,

a

from

the find-spots of their coins, certainly to have reigned in Kabul

they

may have

they coexisted

ruled there and been tributary to Azes

with

the

latest

;

but

how

Greek kings and the invaders

from Bactria, the kings of the Kadphises line,

we

are unable to

determine.

Of the

relations

Vonones,

group the legends

Spalirises, &(..

1.

Baa-iXim

between themselves of the kings composing

in

of. their coins

this

enable us to judge

some measure :—

fiaaiXecov fLeyaXov "A^ou

Strategos Aspavarma.

=

name and

titles

of the


INTRODUCTION.

xlii

2.

Baa-tKia^ ^a^iKeav fieyaXov ''A^ov=Baa-iKeQ)i ^aaCKecov

fi.er^d-

\ov 'A^iKicrov.* 3. BaaCKe(o<i

^aaiXewv fieyoKov Ova)VOV= Baa-tXAa^ dSiX<f>ov BiKaiov '

S'n'dXaopov. 4. Bacri\eco<! ^aaiXetov fieyaXov

'Ov(opov=S'7ra\a6pov vlov StKaiov

^n-akayoBdfiov. 6.

= JBacn\ia}<; fieydXov

Baa-tXiw; /SacriKiwv fieyaXov ^traXipiaov

^waXipiaov. 6. BacriXim'i

/xeydXov S'TraXipiaov^BacriXeeov fieydXov ''A^ov.f

Ba(TiKeoi(;

7.

dSeX^ov Sirdktpicrov

^

dSeX^ov Sixaiov

Baa-iXio)';

STraXcplaov. 8.

liTTaXvptoii

=

SiraXaopov vlov

coin, said to

be in Gen. Cun-

BiKULOV dBeX<f>ov tov ySatrtXeco?

SiKuiov SirdXar/aSdfiov. 9.

Vonones and Azes (undescribed ningham's possession).

The evidence decisive as

it

ously construed. set

assume the

Spalirises),

afforded

might at

by these legends

first

rate, t

King

Spalirises

his son is

Four kings

of Kings (Azes, Azilises,

but they do not do so in succession

does not appear.

valuabloj but not

Some points, however, are clear. title

to share the title in a friendly

any

is

so

sight appear, and capable of being vari-

way with

;

of the

Vonones

and

Azes seems content

Azilises

and

Spalirises, at

was brother of a king, but of which king

Spalahores

Spalagadames strike

is also

brother of a king, and he and

with Vonones.

in conjunction

Spalyris

another brother, and at one time Spalagadames strikes in conjunc-

tion with him. antiquity, except

* These

As

close alliances of this

kind scarcely occurred in

between members of one family, we

reverse titles arc really written in Indian.

may

regard

I give, for convenience

it

the

Greek equivalents.

t

This

is

sufficient proof that the

assumption of the

'Maharaja adhiraja', does not imply a claim

to general

title

Bao-iXcis ^airiKimv

supremacy.


HISTORICAL OUTLINES. as probable, if not

certaiiij

related one to the other.

Vonones,

that

and Spalagadames

from before the middle

likely that Azilises,

is

sons of Azes,

all

Aspavarma was a mere general

as his

The kingdom of Maues

descent.

it

and Spalyris were

his grandson.

Azes— perhaps,

or satrap of

the kings of the group were

all

In that case

Spalirises, Spalahores,

xliii

name seems

lasted in the

to show, of

Hindu

hands of these rulers

of the first century B.C. at least until a.d.

or 30, spreading with time over a larger and larger area.

It

20

must

have been put down by the growing power of the kings of the

Kushan

tribe,

We have

perhaps by Kadphises

who do not appear

Kings with Parthian names.

The only

tie

^^^.^^^

name and

and

in

is

the Parthian character

It

Pacores and is

Arsaces, for

Some both

instance,

are

to be observed that under Mithradates

his warlike successors the Parthians

into Bactria,

connected with

most cases of their coin-types.

portrait,

thoroughly Parthian.

and

to have been

dynasty of Kadphises or that of Azes.

^-^^

which connects them together

of their names,

in

II.

coins of several other kings in India of the same period,

had extended

their empire

Some scions noblemen, may have

and driven back the invading Scythians.

of the royal Arsacid stock, or mere Parthian .

gained a footing in India and maintained themselves in opposition to the Scythic kings.

'

The most important king '"^t^

Gondophares

and Abdagases.

whom

is

Gondophares,

who on

his coins calls

of the Parthian class

goes Abdagases,

himself the nephew of Gondophares.

The names

of these rulers fortunately occur in the legends dating from the third

century

a.d.,

which record the

* Cnnningham,

Mus. 1864,

visit of

S.

Thomas

to India, * con-

in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, vol. xxiii. Of. also Gutschmid, Rfiein.

p. 161,

and von

Sallet in ^eitschr. f.

Num., 1880,

p. 296.

shows that Gaspard, one of the three kings of the Christian legend, Gondophares.

Gutschmid

is identical

with


INTKODUGTION.

xliv

taining indeed mucli that

Thomas

S.

is

is

untrustworthy, but also a basis of fact.

represented as converting Gundaphorus, his brother

Gad, possibly the Orthagnes mentioned below, and his Labdanes, which'

Where these rulers

lived

is

not very clear.

them

furnish some ground for assigning that

is,

the

century

first

The legend, however, may

to the period of S.

Christian legend should be the inscription at Takht-i-Bahi,

be read with certainty.

Thomas,

More trustworthy than an

a.d.

son

to be a corruption of Abdagases.

name seems

last

sister's

if it

early

could

Dowson renders thus * "In the

Professor

:

26th year of the great king Gondophares, on the third day of the

month Vaisakha, tunately, doubt

hundred of the Samvatsara."

(year) one

hangs

alike over the reading of

name and

Unfor-

date, nor

can the era be identified, for Samvatsara means merely era. that

we can be

sure of

the hundredth year of the Saka era, successors (see p.

li)

All

Gondophares did not reign in

that

is

by which Kanerkes and

his

date their inscriptions ; for the style of his

coins forbids us to place

them

the king be rightly read

as late as a.d. 178.

it will

If the

name

of

prove that Gondophares reigned

in the neighbourhood of Peshawar ; but even this

is

not certain.

A silver coin of Gondophares discovered by v. Sallet, and figured in our plate xxxiii. 2,

may

perhaps give us a clue to his date.

It is of

the types of Arsacid silver coins, and especially reminds us of a coin of

Mithradates II.

(b.c.

90 or 80), which has similar types on both sidesf—

on one the head of the king j on the other the king seated, holding

an

eagle,

crowned by a

City,

who

stands behind him.

And

this last,

mentioned type seems not to recur in the Arsacid coinage, so that

would seem

likely that

age of Mithradates.

Gondophares actually copied

it

from the coin-

In the inscription of Gondophares' coin

the epithet avTOKpartop,

which

is

it

we find

found on the money of only two

* Journ. S. As. Soc, t Gardner, Parthian

1875, p. 379.

Coinage,

pi.

ii,

19.


HISTOEICAL OUTLINES.

Arsacid kings

— SinatroceSj

B.C.

'

76 to 69, and Phraatea IV., a.d. 8

xlv 11.

This particular coin of GondopLares then would seem to have been struck not later than the middle of the

mentioned would

first

suit the other coins of

century a.d.

Gondophares.

That Orthagnes was a brother of Gondophares Orthaenes Arsaoes,

The period

rests

on a reading

°^ ^^^ coins proposed by Gen. Cunningham.

...

position has nothing improbable in

Zexonises.

Victory which appears on his corns

on those of Gondophares and Abdagases.

If

it

it

;

The sup-

the type of

bemg also found

be well founded,

it

will clearly prove the PartMan origin of the dynasty of Gondophares,

Orthagnes connecting him with other Indian kings such as Pacores,* Arsaces 0e6^ and Arsaces

of Parthian type

All these rulers

8iiiato<i.

must have been contemporary with the great time of the Parthian empire.

To the same period

his coins calls himself

With

will

be assigned

by the modest

title of

also Zeionises,

who on

Satrap.

regard to the seat of the power of these Indo-Parthian

Dominions of these kings.

kings

we have

a

little

Masson, and his small rude

The

information.

Gondophares were found in plenty silver coins in

at

coins of

Beghram by

the Panjab; while those of

Orthagnes are said by Gen. Cunningham to come from Seistan and Kandahar, and those of Abdagases (with legend Sasasa) from

Western Panjab.

These facts seem to point to an extensive

dominion, and confirm the testimony of the anonymous Egyptian

merchant,t who informs

us' of

the existence of a Parthian realm in

the neighbourhood of the mouth of the Indus, in the reign of Vespasian.

The

silver coins of SanabareSj of

which there

is

a specimen in the

* Not Pacorus. Almost all the names of the kings of this class end in es ; I have therefore kept that ending in doubtful oases, such as Maues and Spalirises. Periplus maris Bryth., c. 38.. Cf. Mommsen, Mm. GescMchte, vol. v.,

t

p. 352.


INTEODUCTION.

Xlvi

British

Museum

have been given by

(pi. xxiii. 10),

Sanabares. V. Sallet to

compared

about the year a.d. 80, and have been

But the

Vologeses III* of that period.

though

money

contemporary with

as

resembles that of Vologeses,

it

Mithradates

II.,

is

king

portrait of Sanabares, still

more

like that of

the helmet having cheek-pieces like the helmet

of the latter monarch, while the style of to anything

Arsacid

the

of

known

in Parthia

in

work

is

very superior

the days of Vologeses.

Mr.

Thomas had read on the Museum specimen the date TIT, which he and

interpreted as implying the 313th year of the Seleucid,

the Christian era.

be

insisted on.

place

But

But if

this reading is is

it

given

first

of

now disputed,t and cannot

up we should be

Sanabares at about the beginning

of-

still

inclined to

the Christian era.

Sanabares does not use Indian characters in his legends, but either

Greek or Pehlvi, and four of the

Museum came from

Persia.

five coins of his in

the British

It is therefore likely that this

king

ruled exclusively or principally to the north of the Indian Caucasus.

On

Epigraphy

oUhese kings.

Series the square

q^

^^^^

d and L come

^j^^ ^^-^^^^

take the place of il until 8 a.d. facts that

and

we

referring to the coins of the Arsacidae,

Maues uses round

^^^^^

letters only ;

their contemporaries, use the square

b.c.

square UJ % does not

50 to

,

Azes, Azilises, Spaliriaes

O

with 12

We

a.d. 50.

* Zdtschrift f. Nvm., 1879, p. 356. The text reads the erroneous numbering of Prokesch-Osten. f On other specimens the letters take the form

reigned earlier than 8 a.d. rounder, and of earlier type.

is

;

Gondophares

have thus a series of

The date

'

Vologeses

THT &c.

meaning. J In the text this form

find that in that

some twenty years

It is quite in keeping with these

and Abdagases use the forms a and HI kings covering the period

^-^^

in

I.'

;

Mowing

They may have no

used in the legend of King Nioias,

But on the

of Pacores

who

certainly

actual coins of that king the letter is


HISTOKICAL OUTLINES.

and Arsaces is,

is

not easy to

fix,

but must

xlvii

during this period.

fall

It

however, noteworthy, as von Sallet points out, that the coin of

Arsaces ^eo? bears precisely the same types as one of Maues.

The nameless king, who

decide his

and

Some

affinities.

style closely like those of

merely Soter Megas,

us no clue

naturally gives

The nameless

himself

calls

Abdagases

;

in

inscription to

his

of his coins are in type

and

as he also

makes use

of the form HI, he must be of about the same period as that king,

His coins are found in great numbers in the Kabul

30-50.

A.D.

He may

Valley.

possibly have been a

member

of the Kadphises

dynasty.

After the kings of Parthian character others whose types

Heraas and the Sakas.

we must mention some not dissimilar, yet

Among

appear to be of Scythian race.

most important

some

are

is

Heraiis,

whose remarkable coin

light over the history of

(pi.

xxiv. 7) throws

troubled time.

this

who

these the'

Of

late the-

reading of the legend TvpavvovvTo<s 'Hpdov SaKUKOipdvov has been disputed, but without solid reason, except as regards the last word.

may with equal exactness and but even if we do thus read it, the This

which

probability be read Koppdvov^

presence of the TvpavvovvTO'}„

quite undisputed, proves that unusual

is

Greek words may

be-

expected at this time, and suggests that Koppdvov jn&j be a corruption of Koipdvov.

Thomas

;

instead of

HPAOY

The reading

is

allowed by Mr.

but he now disputes the important word Saka, reading; it

the unintelligible words

ZAN

But we must,

AB.*

point out that on the Brit. Mus. coin the third letter of the word

is-

not formed like the N's, of which there are four in the inscription, but like a retrograde

M, which

ordinary shape of

K

A similar coin KQ r r AI/ID Y*

:.

is

on

late

see pis. xxv,

in the possession of

Parthian and Bactrian coins an.

vi.

'passim.

Thus there seems

M. Tigsenhausen seems

to read

See Thomas, B. A. S. Journal, 1883, p. 75.

to.

ZAM AB-


INTRODUCTION.-

xlviii

be at present no

sufficient

reason for doubting

tliat

Heraiis calls

and we thus gain a confirmation of the

himself a Saka king ;

statement of ancient historians, that that race was prominent in the

conquest of India from the Greeks.

But

Heraiis probably ruled,

like other kings of the class, to the north of the Caucasus.

Similar in type of head to Heraiis Hyrcodes and others.

culated in Bactria.

Wilson

At page 119

Kerman.

coins of the

kings

Hyrcodes, one of whose ordinary is

coins of the early Antiochi of states that

the Bactrian side of the Caucasus to

is

tjpeSj that of the half-horse,

same

class

most of

taken from

silver

which

Syria,

cir-

come from

his coins

Mr. Thomas,* that they belong

;

of the Catalogue will be found a few

which seem to bear the names of other

but these legends may be mere blundered attempts to

;

produce some more intelligible name.

we have

Finally, Kadpiiises

and

I.

successors.

Hermaeus.

We

to

speak of a well-defined gl-oup of kings which

takes

its rise

with that

Kozulo Kadphises who

appears on coins as colleague and

His date must be the

last quarter of

the

successor of

first

century

B.C.

know to what branch of the widely extended race of or nomads, Maues and his successors belonged. But we have

do not

Sakas,

reason to think that the group at present discussed were kings of the Yueh-chi,

who

and that they belonged

We B.C. 25,

by Cunningham with the Tochari the Kushan branch of that tribe.

are identified to

have already seen how Kadphises led the Yueh-chi, about southward across the Paropamisus and conquered Hermaeus

whom he

Under

reduced to a state of vassalage.

dominions of the Yueh-chi went on increasing. succeeded by the king

*

On

who

a coin probably similar to our

me

Probably he was

bears the very similar

to be sure of the reading.

p. 10).

name

of Kozola

Mr. Thomas reads Guath in Our coin is not sufiSoiently com-

pi. xxiv. 13,

Pehlvi characters (Sassanian Inscriptions, plete for

his successors the

,


HISTORICAL OUTLINES.

Kadaphes, who on

The

his

money

portrait of this ruler

himself the ruler of the Kushans.

on the coins bears so strong a resemblance

to that of

Kadaphes,

calls

xllX

Augustus that

it

seems

all

but certain that

he must have reigned at the veiy beginning of the Christian era.

and

bable,

second,

That he succeeded the is

it

who on

Kadphises

is

very pro-

by the Ooemo Kadphises, and whose

his coins calls himself

down

reign brings us

first

equally probable that he was succeeded

to the accession of Kanerkes in a.d. 78.

We

thus have a succession of princes of the same or nearly the same

name extending over 100

years,

and

it

hard

is

do not represent a dynasty which reigned

to believe that they

Kabul Valley,

in the

We have on a copper-plate from Manikyala (Taxila) a record, wherein a satrap called Liako Kusuluko dates from the 78th

Inscription

rom

axi a.

^^^^^ of

the great king Moga.

that the satrap in question still

may

seems not unlikely

may be Kozola Kadaphes, and perhaps

more probable that the great king Moga

who probably

It

is

Maues.

Kadaphes,

reigned at the very beginning of the Christian era,

well be placed seventy-eight years later than the accession of

Maues, which must be placed not so century

b.c.

But of course

have himself reigned seventy-eight

middle of the

late as the

first

but impossible that Maues can

it is all

The

j'ears.

reference must be

not to the year of his reign, but to an era established by him.

The evidence derived from the to

Spread of India.

style

and epigraphy of coins ^eems

show that Kadphises

I.

When

a part of N.-W. India.

as an invader from the north, he found

Kabul Valley, and reduced him

and Kadaphes ruled but Kadphises came in

Hermaeus

to a state of

ruling in the

At

dependence.

the

same time Azes was probably ruler of thePanjab; and perhaps some of the later Greek rulers, such as Hippostratus,

the lower Indus.

but

Kadphises

When Hermaeus occupied

his

still

held rule on

died no Greek succeeded him,

place.

Kadaphes, or the nameless

/


INTRODUCTION.

1

king, must have succeeded Kadphises

their contemporaries

:

must

That the coins of

have been Azilises, Spalirises and Gondophares.

Gondophares and of the nameless king are alike

They become dominant unaer Kadphises II.

found in abundance at Beghram, while those of

Kadaphes are not abundant, seems to show that the Yueh-chi did not rapidly extend their dominion in India, but met

Only on

at first with formidable rivals in the descendants of Azes.

the accession of the second Kadphises did the power of the invaders

become altogether predominant. his

successors

Parthians,

it

was supreme

and the race

of

under him and

It appears that

in all

Azes

N.-W. India

;

and Greeks,

from history as

alike disappear

reflected in the coins.

Kadphises

II.,

Ooemo Kadphises, was

a wealthy monarch, and the

....

founder of a powerful line of Scythic Successors of

Xadphiseg

II.,

whom ^^^^

audHooerkes

^^

kinffs, as to

.

.

some information.

inscriptions give us

about the middle of the

century

first

.

His a.d.

His successors are the kings called on their coins

Kanerkes and Hooerkea, and

in the records

Kanishka and Huvishka.

Their rule comprised the whole of N.- W. India and the Kabul Valley.

The date of these kings was a matter brilliant conjecture

The!r date

origin

of uncertainty until the

of Mr.

Fergusson* as

and use of the Saka era

Mr. Fergusson's theory

is

to the

settled the matter.

accepted by most Sanskrit scholars, and

the numismatic evidence in

its

favour

is

so overwhelming, that the

numismatist cannot hesitate to join them ; in

fact, v. Sallet

had before

the publication of Mr. Fergusson's paper assigned Kanerkes to the

same period

into

which he

falls

on the theory proposed in that paper,

and that on numismatic evidence only.

Saka era *

On

Miiller,

starts

from the date not

The new theory

is

that the

of the destruction of the Sakas,

the SaTca, Samvat and Gupta Eras, J. R. A. India^-What can it teach us 1 p. 291.. "

S. 1880,

p.

259.

Cf.

Max


HISTORICAL OUTLINES.

but of the

of their empire in India under Kanerkes. *

esfcablisliraeufc

The dates

It is fixed to A.D. 78.

to

il

at

Mathura and elsewhere are

be as follows (Thomas Ancient Indian Weights, :

p. 10)

p. 46,

said

and Jainism,

:_ King.

Saka Year.

Ykjie A.D.

Kanerkes,

9,11,18,28

87—106.

Hooerkes,

33, 39, 47,48, 51

111—129.

44, 83, 87, 98

122—176.

Vasu Dara,

The evidence

In a

assignment of dates.

of finds confirms this

tope at Ahin Posh near Jalalabad, Mr. Simpson found together the following gold coins

:

10 coins of Kanerkes, 1

The A.D.

6 of Kadphises,

of Domitian, reigns

of

of Trajan,

1

the

Roman

Hooerkes.

1

of

1

of Sabina.

imperial persoas

cover

the period

81-136; and this proves that the deposit cannot have been

buried until about a.d. 130,f probably in the reign of Hooerkes. It is true that in the

of Kanerkes

Manikyala tope there were found with coins

some worn consular

denarii which belong to, the period

more than probable that these

before Augustus,}:

but

were not buried

a long time after their issue.

It

till

it

is

coins

seems to be universally allowed that the Kanerkes and Hooerkes

of the coins are the

Kanishkaand Havishka of "inscriptions, and

that

these were successive kings of the Kabul Valley and the Panjab.

But the Vasu Deva

Vasn Deva.

posed to correspond

He

a more mysterious personage.

of the inscriptions, to the

who

Bazodeo of the

is

sup-

coins, is

overlaps in the dates Huvishka,

* Or, perhaps, Kadphises II. as it is Kadphises who begins the issue of Induand Kanerkes' earliest date is the year 9. the throne in 128. The coin of her issue, now preserved in Sabina came to t the British Museum, is not as stated by previous writers " much worn," but seems to have greatly suffered, whether in ancient or modern times, by being exposed to ;

Scjthic gold coins

heat.

The

:

coin of Trajan is worn.

J Jouvn. As. Soc. Bengal,

iii.

Cf. /.

p. 34.

B. A.

Soc. 1880, p. 266.


{

INTRODUCTION.

Ju

and appears Indeed,

if

to have reigned for

no

less

a period than fifty-four years.

one inscription be rightly read, he sometimes dates from

year 5 of the era, * which will give to his reign the impossible length of

94 years.

Prof.

Dowson

therefore suggests that

Vasu Deva may

have been the name given by their Indian subjects to kings of the

Kanerkes dynasty. the words

In favour of this view

Vasu Deva

it

may be remarked

occur in Sanskrit letters

that

on coins of various

periods and classes; and the supposed Greek equivalent

BAZOAHO

occurs only on Indo-Scythic coins of semi-barbarous fabric.

The

coins of

some of

Vasu Deva

fairly

good

are succeeded

style, others of

Some

bearing intelligible legends.

by a large variety of

copies,

barbarous work, neither class

of these, in copper, were usually

given to an imaginary king Ooer Kenorano, such being their legend.

Von

Sallet has, however, conjectured that as there, are

no gold coins

with the legend Ooer Kenorano, and no copper bearing the legend

Ooerke Korano, the copper coins above mentioned must have been struck by king Hooerkes. the discovery in the to those reading

But

Museum

N

in the

is

strongly confirmed by

series of coins f in all respects similar

Ooer Kenorano but reading clearly Ooerke Korano.

in fact the difference

cent,

This conjecture

between the two legends

is

almost evanes-

one taking the place of K in the other; however,

in the inscriptions of ^his class these

two

letters are constantly

confounded.

The gold coins which repeat barbarously the legends and types of Vasu Deva become eventually of thin fabric and cup-like shape, like some of the issues of Byzantium of the ninth and subsequent centuries.

But they must be

earlier

than that period, and are perhaps

copied from the concave coins of the class struck at Persepolis

during Parthian supremacy. * Cunningham, Archaeological Beports,

t Pages

156-8.

iii.

30.

Dowson, J.R.A.S.

+ See above,

p. xlvii.

vii. p.

381.


INSCRIPTIONS.

The

wliole class of

liii

Indo-Scythic gold coins appears as a most

remarkable phenomenon amid the coins of India, especially as gold coins are entirely wanting in the Greek-Indian issues after the time

The

of Eucratides.

line of descent of the

money

not through the gold

new

issued in abundance

of the Christian era

must he traced

of Alexander, which perhaps

still cir-

Roman

aurei which were

by Augustus, and which

at the begiiining

culated in southern Asia, but through the first

issue

made

their

way

into

India,

where they have

been found in conjunction with coins of Kadphises and Kanerkes, In weight the ludo-Scythic coins nearly correspond to the Boman.

-

11. Inscriptions.

The

on the coins contained in

inscriptions

following kinds

Greek language

(1)

this

volume are of the

On

the coins of earlier

—

:

in

Greek characters.

kings, from Diodotus to Demetrius, Greek legends Greek language.

After that time we usually find

only are employed.

Greek on one

side of the coin only.

It

is,

however, quite evident that

the Greek letters and the Greek language were generally understood in northern India

This

era.

fact,

and

in

clearly

Kabul

as late as the second century of our

established

by the

testimony of coins,

confirms the otherwise not trustworthy testimony of Philostratus,

who no

represents that Apollouius of Tyana,

diflSculty in

was probably swept away with other Notable

(2)

visited India,

had

In the Hindu revival under the Guptas the Greek language

Greek.

words

when he

making himself generally understood by speaking

is

the use

by some

like Koipavo^, Tvpavvecov

Indian language sorts.

traces

and

The

^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^

Greek

culture.

aviKrjTo'i.

in native characters.

anguage.

of

of the later rulers of poetical Greek

These

two

last are of

square letters of the so-called

Indian

^^ Pantaleon and Agathocles only the ;


INTEaDUCTIOK.

liv

more cursive

characters, called Arian Pali, are used

by

all

the other

In the case of the edicts of Asoka,

kings down to the latest times.

the Arian characters are used only in the Kabul Valley, and the

Indian characters elsewhere ; and this fact shows, what

many

other ways,

how

in India centred in the

The language which is

Kabul Valley.

by the general name

I have called

readings of words in this language

To

is

testimony of the coins;

authoritatively the

me

all cases,

the readings of

to conflict with the clear

in which case (a very rare one) I have

ventured on innovation.

between various

fix

of Indian

impossible except to a Pali

I have therefore given, in nearly

previous writers, unless they seemed to

decide

proved in

completely the Greek and Scythian power

a debased form of Sanskrit or Pali,

scholar.

is

In the cases where authorities,

I

it

was necessary

have sometimes had the

advantage of the advice of Mr. Cecil Bendall, who has allowed

me

to profit

by

his

more have I regarded any

by the

presented

to

kindly

wider knowledge of Sanskrit. philological

criticism

coin-legends as lying outside

Still

of the forms

my

task.

Such

might well form a supplement to M. Senart's valuable

criticism

papers on the language of the Asoka edicts in vols. xv. and xvi. of the Journal Asiatique, but in a numismatic

altogether out of place.

And

work

this is clearly a task

it

would be

which could

only be attempted with advantage by a highly-trained Sanskritist.

The system here adopted the same as

is

used in other

in transliteration of Pali inscriptions is

Museum

Catalogues, and nearly identical

with that used by Prof. M.Williams in his Lexicon and Grammar.

To the Forms

letters in

of

which these inscriptions are written I have paid

closer attention,

paleography being perhaps more

nearly related to archaeology than to philology.

To

determine their forms requires care and a practised eye rather than wide linguistic knowledge. I have drawn up a table of Arian Pali


MONOGRAMS.

J

V

letters

used on the coins, after careful comparison of the authoritative

tables

drawn up by Gen. Cunningham

the table have been cut upon types will in future

(see p. Ixx).

All the letters in

so that printing in this alphabet

;

With

be comparatively easy.

the square or Indian Pali

characters I have not concerned myself, as they occur on so few coins. (3)

Scythic language in Greek characters. tions

Scythic

language.

and more

on coins of the

kings of the Kanerkes

p^O^ NANO, KOZOVAO, KOPANO,

^^.^^p^ ^^^.^ ^^

names of

especially the

late

These are the inscrip-

deities

on the reverses.

These

words, so far as at present identified, are of non-Scythic origin,

borrowed from the languages

India, Persia,

of

and Greece, and

only bearing the Scythian stamp in their termination o, and in modifications of the forms of words. Lists of Greek, Scythic and Indian words will be found in the

Index of Inscriptions; and renderings of the last-mentioned in the table at p. Ixxii.

III.

In the

field of

coins of

monograms and detached of the Arian Pali class.

MONOGKAMS.

all

periods

letters,

a prodigious

is

number of

sometimes Greek and sometimes

If these could be read

and interpreted,

there can be no doubt that they would afford us most valuable

information.

But they present the

greatest difficulties.

Gen. Cunningham has well remarked, in regard to some of the

Greek monograms, that

Difficulties

of interpretation.

their constant recurrence

(jQring successive reigns proves that they cannot

denote monetary magistrates, but must stand for mints. reason in this

;

but when the

writer goes

further,

and

There tries

is

to

identify the various mints which they respectively represent, we, like

most students of these coins both

unable to follow him.

in

England and abroad, are

While therefore we must acknowledge the


INTRODUCTION,

Ivi

many

possibility that

names

we must

of mints,

monograms may stand

of the Greek

seem any probability that we

advance further, until the find-

shall

spots of Bactrian and Indian coins are far

alphabet do not recur in the same

more ; and

it

way

for the

of the issue, or

as the Greek, but vary far

names

of magistrates,

been done in

it

this

superfluous to record

Catalogue

but

;

is

for

some other

Perhaps, in these

may seem

it

the date or

for

tbey may have been used

purpose which has not yet been guessed. circumstances,

letters of the Pali

does not seem probable that they stand for mints.

They may stand

number

more exactly recorded than

The monograms and

they have hitherto been.

Nor

stop short at that point.

for tho

does there

them, as has

impossible to be sure that

valuable information will not some day be extracted from them.

IV. Types.

The

types which appear on the coins described in the present

volume are most interesting from tbe point of view of art and mythology; but but

little

futility

it

historical

to be regretted that they furnish ns with

is

information.

We

have already noted

the

of trj'ing to determine the genealogy or the dominions

of the Greek kings by

same holds

Scythic race.

of which

means of the types of

true, in scarcely less degree, in

we

It

is

their coins ;

and the

regard to the kings of

a remarkable fact that throughout the period

treat there

seem

to

have been in N.-W. India

artists

capable of designing original types for coins, so that the necessity for a slavish copying of foreign coins, to the historian, does not

which gives valuable material

seem to have

ai-isen.

In the types used by Greek kings we find great variety, and they Types of ree

ngs.

open to us quite a new chapter of

Greek

art,

aS'ording fresh proof of the remarkable originality


TYPES. of the artists of the Hellenistic age.

note two points

The

:

—

(1)

down

(v. 7),

are

In regard to their

The extraordinary realism

portraits of Demetrius (pi.

Eucratides

Ivii

among

to us from antiquity,

9), of

ii.

style,

we may

of their portraiture.

Antimachus

(v. 1),

and

and the

them

effect of

of

come

the most remarisable which have

heightened in

is

each case by the introduction of a peculiar and strongly-characteristic head-dress, detail.

(2)

which

is

rendered with scrupulous exactness of

The decidedly Praxitelean character

figures of deities

Zeus

The

on the reverses.

of the full-length

figures of Herakles (pi.

3), of

ix.

10), are all in their attitudes characteristic of

Praxiteles.

more

(iv. 4, vii. 2),

The types

distinctive

of

Greek

on coins of Demetrius, Artemis (iv. 4)

9,

deities

the school of

which we find are sometimes

than the style in which they are rendered.

coins of Agathocles

ii.

of Poseidon (v. 1), of Apollo (v. 4,

iii.

is

sometimes radiate

Zeus bears in

his

(pi.

iii.

Thus, 1),

on

hand the three-headed

Hekate, Herakles crowns himself with a wreath, Pallas appears in short skirts,

and many other such strange forms of Greek

deities

appear.

To

search out the reasons of these variations of type, reasons to

be found probably in many instances in the influence of

local Indian

or Persian legend or belief, would be a very attractive task, and not hopeless, considering the data furnished us

gold

Indo-Scythic

coins, as

by the legends

which we

to

shall

of the

presently have

to speak.

The

earliest of the clearly

Semi-Hellenic types.

Indian types to make

(iv.

9).

on the money of Pantaleon

As we come

Hellenic types, or types in which there

gradually (xiii.

9)

make

appearance

is

a dancing-girl, wearing long hanging earrings and oriental trousers,

and Agathocles

its

their

and Telephus

way on (xxxii. 7)

the coins.

we

is

to

(iii.

9)

a later period, non-

a non-Hellenic element,

On

coins of Philoxenus

find a radiate figure of a sun-god

9


INTRODUCTION.

Iviii

On

standing, holding a long sceptre.

and Hermaeus capj

whence

Maues

(xv. 8)

(xvi. 3) J

But when we reach the issues

issue rays.

we

barbaro- Hellenic

figures

a

(xvi. 4)

;

more outlandish

figure of Azes'

a radiate Artemis, with veil flying round her

;

the type

is

still

who

a draped goddess, bearing a crescent on her head,

and standing between two

stars

(xvi. 9),

;

and several

others.

Still

where a seated Zeus grasps

extended hand, not, as usual, a Victory (vii. 5),

Tyche

resembling

figure

holding in one hand a patera, in the other a wheel,

coins (xviii. 10, 11)

original

;

King

of

most remarkable and

find a wealth of

seems to be the original of the

head

(xiv. 11)

we find the head of a deity wearing Phrygian

(pis. xvi., xvii.),

original

Amyntas

those of

(vii.

9)

more

in his

or a thunderbolt

but a being who seems an impersonation of the thunderbolt,

and stands

in the midst of it

as well as the type (xvii. 2)

where a nymph, perhaps a Maenad, stands grasping two stems of vine. Maues' successors, Azes and Azilises, use types of the same class.

A careful consideration of means or other Maues and

who had been Greek

instructed

traditions.

relics of

In

;

these facts will convince us that

by some

his race secured the services of artists

by Greeks, but were not

fact, in

these coins

an interesting school of

we have

art, -one

of

restricted

by

the sole remaining

many which

existed in

and which have passed away almost without leaving any memorial. It would further seem that kings, Asia in the

who were

first

century

B.C.,

the patrons of art, and understood the Greek language,

must have been considerably softened and refined by contact with civilized neighbours.

The Hinda

first

of Indian deities to claim a place on the coins

^^째 types.

^^^"^^ *째 "^^^^ ^'^ appearance

Gondophares fessed that this figure

may

(pl.xxii. 8, 9),

though

is

Siva

on the coins of

must be conwith equal plausibility be called a it

Poseidon, for the cha,racteristic marks of Siva are absent.

But on


.

TYPES.

coins of

Kadptises

sufficiently

and

II.

the buU^ which appears beside the deity,

proves him to be Siya

his successor

lix

;

and on the money

Kanerkes

of

he appears in more and more native form, four-

armed, and bearing the numerous symbols associated with him in local belief.

It is

probable that the goddess

who appears on

the

coins of

Azes as standing on a

is either

Parvati, the dread wife of Siva, or Lakshmi, the goddess of

lotus,

and holding a flower

fortune the supposed lion, which seems on the coin to :

elbow,

may be

on the coins

after all only a

of Pantaleon

lump

lie

(xix. 5),

under her left

These, and the dancer

of oxide.

and Agathocles, are the only

strictly

Hindu

types to be found on coins before the time of the great Yueh-chi

dynasty,

when

other deities come in, as will be seen by the

list

given

below. ,

To speak „

of Parthian types on coins at

may seem

all

a misnomer,

since there are no original Parthian types in ex"

,

Parthian types.

_

istence, if

.

we

except representations of the king

himself: in these matters the Parbhians were imitators of the Greeks.

But there are, notwithstanding, style of art,

certain types of deities,

and a certain

which we learn to associate with the coins of Parthia;

and when we can trace these on coins issued arises that the

king who issued them was

in India, a

presumption

of Parthian stock.

For

example, the portraits of Parthian kings, bearded, and wearing the

diadema, have quite a distinct aspect ; and we find this aspect in the portraits of Grondophares, Pacores, Orthagnes,

and Sanabares.

The

type which represents a City crowning the king, which occurs on the

money

of Phraates IV. and subsequent kings of Parthia,

Zeionises

(pi.

Parthian coins,

xxiii. is

4)

j

and Nike, who

is

quite a feature also on our pi.

coins of the kings of this group.

is

used by

continually present on xxiii.,

which contains

Indeed, some of their coins, such

as xxiii, 10 and 11, are altogether of Parthian type.

In view of their types, the gold coins of the conquering Tueh-chi


—

INTRODUCTION.

Ix

The obverse

kings are of surpassing interest.

^T

pre-

sents us with a figure of the king clad in helmet and

"

"h ^h'

armour, which are closely like those borne by the first

The reverses are extremely

Arsaces of Parthia on his coins.

variedj and present us with a multitude of types borrowed from

several different mythologies. their interpretation

would have

Had

these coins been, anepigraphous,

but fortunately

baffled all ingenuity;

the names of the various deities represented are written beside in

them

Greek characters, only somewhat disguised by being crushed into

On

Scythian forms. published,

Though

these types two important papers have been

one by Mr. Thomas* and

by Dr. Hoffmann.f

one

the present writer does not pretend to the linguistic

know-

ledge of either of these scholars, he ventures to discuss their results

from the numismatic point of

view and

that

of

comparative

archaeology.

On

these gold coins the following types appear:

Geeek and Semi-Geeek

{a.)

Inscriptions.

Deities.

Types.

HAIOC

Eadiate sun-god, holds sceptre.

CAAHNH

Male moon-deity, holds

NANAIA

Female deity holding

sceptre.

sceptre,

which ends in the

fore-part of a horse.

These types occur in the series of coins issued by king Kanerkes with Greek legends only. The names of the

deities

are given in Greek,

not Scythic.

Nevertheless, in the types there are clear signs of

barbarism.

The

figure of ^elios is identical with

that on bilingual coins inscribed with the * Jainism, or the Early Faith of AsoTca

t Ahhandlungen f.

d.

Zunde

;

J.

S. A.

des Morgenlandes, vol.

name

of

S. 1877.

vii.

(1881), no. 3, p.

139 sqq.


'

TYPES. Inscriptions.

Ixi

Types.

Micro, and

Nanaia with that on the

figure of

tlie

NANA

coins inscribed

while the type of

;

borrowed from the coins inscribed

is

male instead of female.

Salene

'

MAO, and

is

Nanaia, though a deity of

Persian origin,* was clearly regarded by the diecutter as Greek, perhaps as identical with Artemis,

but there

is

much

Female deity

NANA,

NANA PAO

is

oriental in her figure.

holdin'g sceptre, as above

;

over her

forehead, crescent.

The PAO

[OAIIO]

that

evidently only a

is

NANO

of course indicates a lunar deity.

and

OKPO

combined on a coin published by Prokesch-

are

Arch. Zeit. 1849,

Osten.

pi. x. 8.

HPAKIAO

Herakles ; holds club and apple.

HPo

Artemis clad

The type zling.

is

in

long chiton; holds

Mr. Thomas reads

that the

bow and arrow.

unmistakeable, but the legend it

word MEIPO

is

puz-

Z€PO 'Ceres' (?),but that

brings us no nearer to Artemis.

we

The crescent

suflax.

I venture to suggest

(see p. Ixiii) is intended, for

find in other instances that inappropriate legend

sometimes accompanying types which were, as we

may

PAO PHoPO

conjecture, unintelligible to the die-cutter.

War-god, standing; holds spear and

shield.

The word PAO, evidently meaning king

may

be detached from the legend.

PHOPO,

cannot be with certainty explained, but

seems most likely that

Greek

APHZ, and

the Greek war-god.

*

A

or royal,

The remainder,

it is

it

a mere twisting of the

that the intention

The type

long dissertation on her by Hoffmann,

suits

1.

is

to portray

Ares perfectly.

c, p. 130.


INTRODUCTION.

Ixii

lypes.

Inscriptions.

PIOM

Pallas, or

Mr. Thomas

reads

PCJM,

or even

holds spear and shield.

Roma;

PIAH, 'Rhea'

am

Roma

city,

being usual in contemporary

Qjpoisi

rCJPOH?!

can scarcely be

dis-

therefore inclined to find here an

impersonation of the great

CAPAPIO

-But PlOM,

nearer to the actual legend, and

is

the types of Pallas and

tinguished J I

(?).

Sarapisj holds sceptre

;

such impersonation

Roman

coins.

modius on head.

Deity, wearing modius, holds sceptre. ^'

^'^ disposed to identify this figure with

Greek Uranus, though he may almost as

the

well stand

Indian Varuna.

for the

(/8.)

Persian Deities.

AOPO,

Fire-god, holding

AGOPO

Male This

hammer and

figure, holding is

tongs.

wreath and tongs.

the Iranian fire-god, called

Atars; but his form

is

by Mr. Thomas

copied from that of the

Greek Hephaestus.

APA6IXPO

Sun-god, with hand raised.

The

origin of the

name

be a mere corruption of

APOOACro

Male

The

is

(Persian

obscure

it

may even

APAOXPO.

deity, holding wreath, horse beside him. first letter

has usually been corrected to A.

Hoffmann, however, observes that as

name

:

?)

is

stands the

near to the Persian word Luhrasp.

not certain that his only

it

we have here a sun-god,

marked

attribute, being

the horse,

not necessarily

solar.

MANAOBAro

It is

Moon-god, four-armed, seated on throne.


.

TYPES. Inscriptions.

Ixiii

Types.

Mr. Thomas interprets the legend ' Mslonh Bago,' a particular form of the Iranian moon-deity.

mann

MAO

recognizes the deity as

Moon-god, holds

Mao

is

a

HofE-

Bahman (Mano Vohu)

sceptre, wreath, ankus, &c.

Zend name

for the

moon-god.

MIlPO, Radiate sun-god, holds sceptre, wreath, &c.

Mâ‚ŹIPo, MIOPO,

[In one case the inscription accompanies a figure

[ONio]

of Nanaia.J

The form occur. to

does not, so far as I know,

deity intended seems therefore rather

be the Iranian sun-god Mihira, than

Eoman

NANA

The

MIOPO

counterpart Mithras.

See above, under Greek

OANINAA

his Graeco-

deities.

Victory, holding wreath and sceptre.

The Zend word Vanant stands victory

for the star of

Mr. Thomas considers

(Hoffmann).

the

legend to refer to Anandates, a Persian deity mentioned by Strabo.* of his character

OAAO

But he was a male

we know

deity,

and

nothing.

Wind-god running. "Zend, is

OPAAFNO

'

The type

-wmd-god,' vdto " (Hoffmann).

very characteristic, and decidedly original.

War-god

;

holds spear and sword.

The legend has been read posed by Mr. Thomas

OPAAFNO,

to refer to Agni.

considers the deity to

be

the

and sup-

Hoffmann

Persian war-god

Varhran, or Bahram.

<l>APPO

Deity holding *

fire,

sceptre,

sword, &c., some-

'Qiiauov Koi 'AvaSdrov, ILepaiKav Saifiovav, page

512

(c).


INTEODUCTION.

Ixiv

Types.

Inscriptions.

times wears winged helmetj or stands on a fire;

sometimes holds the cadaceus of Hermes^ and even his purse.

The Persian word far and that the deity

mann

calls

or farr

a fire-god

is

him the god

is

signifies

Hoff-

evident.

of victory,

fire,

hvarenanh,

" Hoheits and Sieges-glanz."

Indian Deities.

(7.)

APAOXPO [AOXPO]

Female

deity,

The type

is

holding a cornucopiae.

nearer to that of the Greek Tyche

than to any other figure.

The legend has been

regarded as a transcription of Ardha-ugra, half or consort of Siva, Parvati. for Siva

there

is

still

certain, as

we

And

that

OKPO

stands

shall presently see

remains for explanation the aspirate

:

but

X for

K, as well as the curious circumstance that the cruel

and

telentless Parvati should appear in so

mild and

Hoffmann considers the

deity in-

propitious a form.

tended to be the Persian Ashis, daughter of Ahuro,

goddess of fortune.

Lakshmi,

the

Others suppose her to be

Indian

goddess

of

fortune,

who-

closely corresponds to Tyche.

MAACHNO

War-god Skanda, holding standard and sword. There can be sents the

little

doubt that the legend repre-

Sanskrit Mahasena,

'

ruler of a

army,' an epithet of both Siva and Skanda.

great

The


:

TYPES. Inscriptions.

Ixv Types.

figure so nearly resembles that of

present series, that Later,

it is

Skanda

safe to identify

Mahasena reappears,

-with hitn.

it

somewhat

in

in the

different

form.

OKPo

and bull

Siva, standing with trident

form of a

;

his hair in

shell.

Siva having four hands, in which he holds a vase,

an Indian thunderbolt,* a trident, and a goat sometimes a wreath or a Greek thunderbolt is

sometimes

There has been a quite unnecessary doubt as identification of this figure;

and von

Sallet "

No

it

Ahuro,

Pantheon aus Zeus, Poseidon, Hera-

doubt there

a Greek element in the

type, but the attributes prove

beyond any doubt that

Siva(Ugra) goat, are

Hindu hair

is

all

Two

The thunderbolt, trident, and

intended.

attributes of that deity as he appears in

pictures,

and the

arrangement of the

special

him

espe-

On some of the late coins Siva has three

faces.

and the

cially.

KOMAPO, BIZAro

Hoffmann calls

to the

is

kles," &c.

CKANAO

he

:

phallic.

phallic nature also belong to

figures of

armed

deities

one holds standard

;

and sword, one sword and spear. These figures also can be unhesitatingly identified as Skanda, the

epithet of

Hindu god of war, who' bears the

Kumara, the

called in the

prince,

and Visakha, who

is

Mahabharataf a son and impersonation

of Skanda.

* On

p.

132

this attribute has been called a

drum.

Its

form

is

that of a drum,

but the occurrence of the Greek thunderbolt in the hand of Siva shows that Indian counterpart of that weapon.

t

i.

2588,

iii.

14384, &c.

h

it is

the


INTBODTJCTION,

Ixvi

Types.

Insariptions.

CKANAO

Two figures, as

KOMAPO,

is

MAACHNO,

before; between

deity,

who

apparently torned.

j^

^j^jg

remarkable group we find again Skanda

Kumaraj and Visakha be Mahasena, who

(S

'

the third figure appears to

:

here differentiated from SiVa.

is

See above, under

(jJPON

BOAAO,

them a

Greek

Deities.'

Buddha.

)

Figure of Buddha, standing, preaching.

OAYO ROY ^ f CAKAMA, 5 iro RoYAAo

Buddha

: \ ,, These coms are most mterestmg as givmg us the .

earliest

\

seated cross-legged (PI. xxxii. 14).

^,

t

known

.

artistic representation of

The second and longer legend seems script of Advaya

to

Buddha.

be a tran-

Buddha Sakyamuni.* On a

Museum specimen ing

.

British

CAKAMA is clear; the old read-

CAM AN A, with its interpretation Sramana, must

therefore be given up.

The

style in

which these various figures are represented markable, and

points

style of types.

is re-

a local school,

clearly to .

ihere are a few set schemes according to which the figures are arranged. attitude as

Ardochro

close parallel in the difiers

from Ares

being the case, it

(xxvi. 6).

moon-god

(xxviii. 17) is

(xxvi. 10) is in exactly the

The sun-god

(xxvii. 22) .

'

his

(xxviii.40)

This

might be tempted to do, on the Roman aurei

Thus the

* The word advaja

Roma

only in the length of her chiton.

Roma

(xxviii. 20) is closely like Pallas

an aureus of Galba., and the Victory

be advaya-vadin,

same

(xxvii. 9) finds

Pallas, or

all

evidently futile to seek the originals of the types

of these coins, as one of the Caesars.

Nanaia

is

(xxviii. 1 3)

due to a suggestion of Mr. Bendall

he who speaks of the one (knowledge).'

on

nearly resembles ;

the

full

form would


"WEIGHTS

Victory on an aureus of Otho ; yet

the Indian coin the copy.

and drapery the

set

artists

by

coin

right in these

is

and

the prototype, and

Rather both coin-types are copies of a

conventional and widely current

Within the Kmita

we have no

Eoman

assume that the

similar cases to

]xv:11

mode

of representing the deities.

their conventional notions as to attitudes

employed by the Scythic kings move

freely;

they vary attributes continually, and in the case of Siva even develop a,

type quite different from anything to which they can have been

accustomed in a Greek school.

V. Weights. It

is

maintained by Gen. Cunningham that the earliest Greek coins of India, those of Sophvtes, are struck not on r j '

The purana.

the Attic standard, but on a native standard which is

based on the

Thomas 56 early

We

gr.

punched

Of these

rati or grain of abrus precatorius.

32 weigh, according to Cunningham, 58^ English

gr.,

grains,

according to

thus reach a unit, the purana, followed in the

silver coins of India

follows the same standard

is

likely

;

and that the money of Sophytes enough, though

if

so

it is

rather

over-weight.

Apart from these specimens, Use

all

the earlier coins of the kings of

Greek descent which were issued

of Attic

standard.

in India

and to

q^^ north of the Caucasus, are struck on the Attic

standard (drachm, 67*5 grains) which Alexander made universal in the regions which he conquered, and which was maintained by the Seleucid kings

The and

who succeeded him monarch

earliest

in Asia.

to strike on another standard is Bucratides

in the reigns of his successors, Heliocles

Attic standard

is

gradually given up, the

;

and Antialcidas, the

new standard advancing

in conjunction with the custom of using on the coins Indian transcripts of the

Greek legends.


INTllODUCTION.

Isviii

This new standard appears to be identical with that called by metrologists the Feisian standard.

coins were struck

notably the

must have

Persian,

sigli

the standard on which

m all parts of the Persian Empire, .

^,

/.

i

-n

t-.

stamped with the figure of the Persian king, which

which

freely circulated in the northern parts of India,

paid tribute to the Persians.

The standard used by the Indians

the silver coins, which they issued before the Greek conquest,

we have

already remarked

would seem not

•

difi'erent.

The present standard

for

is

as

therefore

be native to India, but an importation from

to

Persia.

In the Persian standard the unit or drachm weighs 84-86 grains if

therefore the lower

Persian, we must

:

standard of the Greek kings of India be

call the

heavier pieces, which weigh as a

160 grains, didrachms; and the smaller

pieces,

maximum

which weigh up to 40

grains, hemidrachms.

Hitherto the larger pieces have usually been

treated as didrachms,

and the smaller

standard, which

wrong

is clearly

wrong.

as

But

hemidrachms, of Attic

Sallet also appears to

in supposing that the larger pieces are tetradrachms,

smaller drachms of a standard reduced from the Attic.

change from the Attic standard to that which I place suddenly, and

is

call

be

and the

For the

the Persian takes

evidently due not to any sinking of standard,

but to the adoption for purposes of convenience of a

difi'erent

weight

for coins.

All gold coins before the Indo-Scythic standard,

period follow the Attic

somewhat debased.

Gold standard.

The Indo-Scvthic •'

gold money, as

we have

follows the standard of the aurei of

already observed, p.

Hii,

Rome.

The following

table gives approximately the normal or standard weights of coins in the various metals issued in India by Greek and Scythic kings.

PERCY GARDNER.


(

kix

)

NORMAL WEIGHTS OF COINS.

GOLD. Grains.

Stater of Attic Standard

Drachm

of Attic Standard

Indo-Scytliic distater

stater

quarter-stater

SILVEE. Tetradrachm of Attic Standard

Drachm

of Attic Standard

Hemidrachm

of Attic Standard

Obol of Attic Standard

Didrachm

of Persian

Hemidrachm

Standard

.

of Persian Standard

.


THE ARIAN Value.

PALI ALPHABET,

ON COINS.


THE ARIAN PALI ALPHABET, ON COINS.

Value.


.

Ixxii

(

)

TABLE OF TRANSLITERATIONS AND RENDERINGS OF PRAKRIT LEGENDS.

Indian.

Greek equivalent.

Englisli rendering.

INDIAN PALI. Akathukleyasa

AFAOOKAEOYZ

Paratalevasa

HANTAAEONTOZ

Eajine

BAZIAEnZ AEIAN

AkatHukreyasa*

PALI.

King

(genitive)


INTRODUCTION.

Indian.

Ixxiii


Ixxiv

INTRODUCTION.

Greek equivalent.

Indian.

KAAAlonH

Kaliyapaya

KAAA<I>EZ

Kaphsasa Karisiye vata

English rendering.

nagara

KAA<|)IZOY

KOZOYAO or KOZOAA

Kujula or

Kuyula

Khushana

of the city of Karisi.

Cunningham.

Kasasa

Kusliana or

God

de-

KOPON

1

or

XOPAN

Kushan

(tribe).

)

Lisiasa or Lisikasa

AYZIOY

Mahachhatrapasa

Satrap (gen.).

Maharajasa

BAZIAEnZ

King

Maharajabhrata or Maharaj abhraha

BAZIAEni:

Brother of the king.

Mahatasa or Mabatakasa

MEfAAOY

AAEA<|)OZ

1

j

Moasa

Great (gen.): Pali, mahanta.

Great prince

Mahisvarasa

Menadrasa

(gen.).

MENANAPOY MAYOY

Nikiasa

NIKIOY

Pakurasa

Palanakramasa

HAKOPOY EYEPPETOY

Philasinasa or Philusinasa

<|)|AoEENOY

Pratichhasa

Eni<|)ANOYZ

Perhaps for Sk. palanakahamasa, 'able to protect' (^«n.). Ksh not being a Prakrit combination of letters, we have not been able to find an example of it in Arian Pali, BendaU.

Ulustrions (gen.)

Pntrasa

(gen.).

YIOY

Son

.

:

for prattkshiyaaa

BendalL

(gen.).


INTRODUCTION.

Indian. Eajabalasa, Eamjarl bnlasa, &c. j

Eajadirajasa or Bajaiajasa

Greek equivalent.

Ixxv

English rendering.

PAIY BAZIAEnZ

)

BAZIAEflN

)

King

of kings (gen.).

Steadfast in true law

Sachadhramathidasa

dharmasthitasya

:

— for eatya-

(gen.).

Ben-

for sagarbha.

Gun-

daU.

Sagaba

Brother:

Sampriyapita

To whom

ningham. his father is very dear. This seems to be a rendering

Greek ningham. of the

Sarvaloga isvarasa

Prince of

all

(piKoTtardip.

Cun-

the world {gen.).

Spalagadamasa Spalahorasa Spalirisasa

Stratasa

ZnAAIPIZoY ZTPATflNOZ General

Strategasa

Teliphasa

THAE<|)OY

Theuphilasa Tradatasa

OEOOIAOY ZriTHPOZ

Vrishabha

TAYPOZ

BuU.

Tavugasa or Yauasa

ZAOOY

Yueh

(gen.),

Greek

(rrparriySs.

: perhaps for a Prakrit tra^iadatasa (gen.), of. Sk. tranakartri. Bendall.

Saviour

1

(gen.).


(

Ixxvi

)

COREIGENDA. Page 68,

no. i,

as a

&

p. 69, nos. 9,

whip over the

10

—The object described in

the' text

king's shoulder seems to be merely the

falling ends of -the regal diadema, greatly exaggerated.

the coins of Azes and succeeding kings this view

Pp. 103, 105

—The

first letter

stand for either, or even

On

adopted.

name of Gondophares (^) is ga and sometimes as gu. It may

in the

transliterated sometimes as

is

gam


;

.

GREEK AND SCYTHIC

KINGS OF BAOTEIA AND INDIA.

No.

Wt.

Hetal.

Obverse.

Size.

Reverse.

ANDEAGOEAS, KING OF PARTHIA? B.C. dr. 300.

Gold.

Bust of Zeus r,, wearing taenia; drapery round neck.

ANAPAroP[OY

Warrior

r.,

in

quadriga

by Nike, and

drawn

horned

driren by four

horses,

galloping.

131-9

M-1

behind,

Wf

[PI.

I.

1.]

Silver.

of a City r., wearing turreted crown.

Head

ANAPAroPOY

Pallas standing in chiton and peplos holds owl in r., 1. rests on shield I.,

clad

which is adorned with Gorgon's head ; behind her, spear.

255-8 iK,l-15 behind,

WP.

[PI.

I.

2.]


;

GBBBK AND SCTTHIO KINGS OF BAOTRIA AND INDIA.

No.

Wt.

Metal.

Reverse.

Obverao.

Size.

SOPHYTES, KING IN B.o.

INDIA*.

dr. 300.

Silver.

Head

of the king

close

-

fitting

in

r.,

helmet,

Zfl<l>YTOY Cock

r.

;

ceus.

bound with wreath wing on cheek-piece.

58-3

M&

on section of neck,

M

.

[PI.

I.

3.]

above, cadu-


DIODOTUa

No.

I.,

KING OF BACTHIA.


GREEK AND SCYTHIO KINGS OP BAOTRIA AND INDIA.

No,


EUTHYDEMUS

No.

I.,

KING OP BACTRIA.


GREEK AND SCTTHIO KINGS OP BACtKIA AND INDU.

No.


.

DEMETRIUS, KING OF INDIA.

No.

Wt.

Metal.

Obverse.

Size.

Reverse.

()8)

Bust

Herakles of r., bearded, crowned with ivy ; lion's skin round neck, club over sboulder.

13

^1-

14

^1on

round

^1-35

I.,

2

.

0. C.

BAZIAEnZ

PI.

III.

l.J

Trident.

AHMHTPIOY to

Head of elephant r., beU hung round -neck.

iEM5

Artemis, radiate, facing, wearing short chiton ; holds in 1. hand, bow ; with r. hand, draws arrow from quiver at her shoulder.

[I.

shield.

16

BAZIAEAZ

AHMHTPIOY

to

Gorgon-head,

15

Bronze.

1.,

^

BAZIAEflZ

Caduceus.

AHMHTPIOY tol..

[I.

0. C.

PI.

III.

2.]


GBEBK AND SCYTHIC KINGS OP BAOTRIA AND INDIA.

No.


;

PANTALEON, KING OP INDIA.

No.

Wt.

Metal.

Reverse.

Obverse.

Size.

PANTALEON", KING OF INDIA. (Son and successor (a)

Bust of young Dionysos r., wearing ivy-wreath

NicMl.

BAZIAEflZ

Bust of young Dionysos r., weajing ivy- wreath ;

1.

r.,

fore-paw

EY1

Bronze, round.

BAZIAEnZ

Panther to

nANTAAEONTOZ

thyrsos over shoulder.

^95

Panther to

raised.

tol.,

(/3)

of Demetrius.)

riANTAAEONTOZ

thyrsos over .shoulder.

110-2 NI-95

1

1.

r.,

fore-paw

raised.

to

I.,

A.

[PI.

III.

8.]

(y) Bronze, square.

?

"J

1

{RajinePamr talevasa*).

l/*A -0 figure

dants

Female with long penfrom her ears, .6

oriental

with trousers her

M

r.

lion

r.,

incuse

square.

1;

in

clad

BAZIAEnZ Maneless riANTAAEONTOZ in

hand a

;

dress

holds in

flower. [PI- "I- 9-]

-95

^85 [I.

iE-9

0.

C]

* I repeat General Cimningham's reading of this inscription and those The Indian inscription in the text is a facsimile

on the coins of Agathocles.

taken from the inscriptions on the coins

:

some

of the

forms

of letters

abnormal.

G

seem


;

.

GREEK AND SOTTHIC KINGS OF BACTEIA AND INDIA.

10

No.

Wt.

Metal.

Reverse.

Obverse.

Size.

AGATHOCLES, KING OF INDIA. (Son and successor 1 of Demetrius.) (a) Silver ; with portraits of his predecessors.

BAZIAEYONTOZ AFAeoKAEOYZ

AAEZANAPOY TOY <t>iAinnoY Head

AIKAIOY

of Alexander as

Heraldes

r.,

in

1.

Zeus seated on throne

with back;

holds eagle and long sceptre.

lion's

skin.

251-2

^1-4

to

AlOAOTOY

Head

ZnTHPOZ r.,

BAZIAEYONTOZ Zeus striding hurUng AfAeoKAEoYZ to

of

Diodotus

I.,

AIKAIOY

diad;

aegis

2

263 '5 .111 -3

to

EYGYAHMOY 0EOY demus

I. r.,

[PI. IV. 1.]

R:

1.,

1.,

on

1.

wreath

arm ;

to

thunderbolt ;

at his feet, eagle

r.,

|^

.

BAZIAEYONTOZ AfAeoKAEOYZ

Head

of Euthy-

AIKAIOY

diad.

Herakles,

naked, seated

on rock ; in r. hand, rests on a rock.

^1-2

to

(|8)

Bust of the king

r.,

Silver diad.

;

[PI. iv. 2.]

bearded,

1.

261-2

1,

club,

which

[PI. IV. 3.]

r..

with his own portrait.

B AZ A EnZ Zeus, facing, clad AfASOKAEOYZ in himation; I

holds

in

r.

hand, three-headed

Hekate who bears two torches in his

240-8

63-6

^1-2

^-8

1.

hand, long sceptre.

tol.,

[PI. IV. 4. J

[PL

IV.

5.]


AflATHOCLESj KING OF INDIA.

No.

11


12

No.

GREEK AND 8CYTHIC KINGS OP BACTHIA AND INDIA.

Wt.

Metal.

Reverse.

Obverse.

Size.

(0 Bronze ;

square

TA^t^7

^TY'^')^

{AhaBuddhist surmounted by

tJmJcreyasa).

stupa,

Indian legend.

;

{Hiduja Same).

Tree

in a square railed enclosure.

star.

M-75

15

letters? in field.

[PI. iv. 10.]

ANTIMACHUS, KING OF INDIA. (Descendant and successor of Diodotus?). (o) Silver.

Bust of the king

r.,

BAZIAEnZ GEOY Poseidon, ANTIMAXOY facing, wear-

diad.,

wearing causia.

ing himation and wreath; holds in r. hand, trident ; in 1., palm,

bound with

262-3

Ml-35

260-5

Ml-15

252-3

Ml-2

59-

JR-8

31-5

10-6

fillet.

tor.,®.

|tor.,

[PI. V. 1.]

k.

®.

|tor., bsj.

M-i5

to I

r.,

R:

.

[PI. V. 2.]

[I.

0. C.

PI. V.

3.J


.

;

13

EUORATIDES, KING OP BAOTRIA AND INDIA.

No.

Wt.

Metal. Size.

Reverse.

Obverse.

EUCEATIDES, KING OF BACTEIA AND INDIA. (Contemporary of Antiochus IV. and Demetrius (a) Silver

Bust of the king

r.,

diad.

fillet-border.

;

I.

of Syria.)

type, Apollo,

clad in BAZIAEnZ ApoUo and chlamys EYKPATIAOY 1.,

boots ; holds arrow and bow.

257-2 .31 1-2

256-5

^1-3

261-

^1-3

261-

^1-3

58-5

M-1

to

|tol.,

(border of dots.)

fillet-border.

259

iRl-25

r.,

Silver

diad.

;

Kh

type.

The

[I.

PL

0. C.

0.

[I.

Bust of the king

^1-25

M

[I.

(j8)

258-5

1.,

V. 4.]

C]

O.C.

PI. V. 5.]

Dioseuni.

BAZIAEI2Z

The

Dioscuri charging r,, holding long lances and palms.

EYKPATIAOY

below, f:.

„

lAI.

[PI. V. 6.j

[I.

0.

C]


u No.

GEBEKAND

SCTTHIC KINGS OP BACTRIA AND INDIA.


15

EUCRATIDBS, KING OP BACTKIA AND INDIA.

No.

Wt.

Metal. Size.

Reverse.

Obverse.

(y) Silver

Bust of the king

r.,

;

diad,

type, Pilei of Dioscuri.

BAZIAEnZ EYKPATIAOY

The pUei

of the

Dioscuri, laur.,

surmounted by

stars

and two

;

palms.

19

9-9

^•45

20

9-1

A

21

9-9

iR-45

22

23

24

25

26

below,

10-

9-2

[I.

.

C]

0.

-45

10-8 .51-5

9-5

^

bf-

.^•45

[I.

0. c.

[I.

^•45

K.

^•45

lAI.

0.

[I.

7-3 i5l-4

PI.

V.

10.]

C]

0. C.J

(broken)

Bust of the king and helmeted.

27

9-9

^•45

28

10-1

^•45

29

10-

^•45

30

6 (broken)

^•4

r.,

diad.

BAZIAEnZ EYKPATIAOY below,

Similar type.

IA|.

[PI. V. ll.J

nr.

[I.

0.

C]


GREEK AND 8CTTHI0 KINGS OP BACTEIA AND

No.

INDIA.


EUCRATIDES, KING OF BACTEIA AND INDIA.

No.

17


.

GREEK AND SCYTHIC KINGS OP BACTRIA AND INDIA.

18

Metal.

No.

Wt.

Keverse.

Obverse.

Size.

BAZIAEflZ

MEfA-

I^'T^V

{Maharajasa Evu-

AOY EYKPATIAOY I"!"*!-^^/ Head of the king

Tcratidasa).

The

r.,

pilei of

without helmet.

diad.,

by 56

^•6

57

^•6

the Dioscuri surmounted

stars,

[I.

(X)

and two palms.

PI. VI. 5.]

0. C.

Bronze; sqiiare; type, Nike.

BAZlAEnZ MEPA- T^V j^ AOY £YKPATIA0Y y\^2^:7/ Bust of the king

{Maharajasa UvuTcratidasa).

Nike

r.,

diad.

58

1.,

and helmeted.

^65

to

59

60

1.,

bearing wreath and palm.

cp

[I.

0. C.

PI. VI. 6.]

M-7

Similar? (obscure coin).

Same

inscr.?

Nike

r.,

bearing wreath

Nike

r.,

bearing wreath

and palm.

61

M-65

MEfAAoY BAZIAEnZ EYKPATIAOY

Same

inscr.

and palm.

Bust of the king 1., helmeted, striking with spear.

M-9

to

T.,\^.

[I.

0. C.

PI. VI. 7.]


19

HELIOCLES AND LAODICE.

No.

Wt.

Metal.

Eeverse.

Obverse.

Size.

{rj)

Bronze; square;

type, Zetis.

BAZIAEnZ MEfA- 'l7'\'^lÂŁAh*^1^ {Karisiye AOY EYKPATIAOY nagara devaia *). Zeus seated 1.

1

the king diad. and helmeted.

Bust

of

r.,

on throne; holds wreath and palm; in front, forepart of elephant

r.

;

behind, conical object.

M-1

63

tor.,

[PL

OC.

EUCEATIDES, WITH HELIOCLES

AND

VI. 8.]

LAODICE.

(Father and mother of Eucratides.) Silver.

BAZIAEYZ MEPAZ H A lO K A EOYZ KAI AAOAIKHZ EYKPATIAHZ Bust of Eucratides diad. and helmeted.

251-4

^1-25

with bare head ;

r.,

to

(fillet-border).

1.,

lAI

.

[I.

61-1

M-

* This

is

r.

ofHeliocles, and Laodice, diad.

(fillet-border).

0. C.

Itol., lAI.

'

Busts jugate

PI. VI. 9.]

[PL

VI.

10.]

the conjectural reading of Gen. Cunningham, who interprets, These coins are sometimes restruok upon

the god of the city of Kariei.'

money

of Apollodotus

have been issued

:

it

seems, however, not improbable that they

after the death of Eucratides.

See Introduction.

may


:

GEEBK AND SCYTHIC KINGS OF BACTKIA AND

20

No.

Wt.

MetaL

Obverse.

Size.

INDIA.

Reverse.

PLATO.

166.

B.O.

(Contemporary of Eucratides.) (a) Silver.

Bust of the king r., diad. and wearing helmet adorned with ear and horn of bull, and crest

BAZIAEAZ EniÂŤ|)ANOYZ rjAATIlNOZ diate, clad in chiton

HeHos r., raand chlamys;

in quadriga.

fiUet-border.

249-

to

iRl-3

r.,

M:

in ex.,

PML*

[Pl.vi. 11.]

(year 147 of the Seleucid era.)

* The visible,

P

can scarcely be considered a certainty, but a down stroke

which seems to prove that a third

letter existed.


:

21

HELIOCLES.

No.

Wt.

Metal. Size.

Reverse.

Obverse.

HELIOCLES. (Son or brother of Eucratides.) (a) Silver ; Cfreek inscription ; Attic weight.

Bust of the king fillet-border.

r.,

diad.

BAZIAEnZ HAIOKAEOYZ A K A OY

Zeus, laur., clad in himation ; holds and long thunderbolt

I

I

winged

facing,

sceptre.

261-2

M\-3

258-

Ml-25

[LO.C]

259-7

Ml-25

5.

[PL

249-8

Ml-15

246 6

Ml-i

in ex.,

240-8

Ml-3

to

205-1

^105

tol.,

1.,

[PI. VII. 1.]

Kf.

VII. 2.]

nr.

E

.

[1.

^

0.

c]

(plated)

58-9

^8

in ex.,

9

56-7

^•8

10

56-8

^-8

to

1.,

nr.

[PI. vii. 3.]

A or A lAl

.

(inscr. semi-barbarous.) [I.

0.

C]


GREEK AND SCTTHIC KINGS OP BACTRIA AND INDIA.

22;

No.

Wt.

Metal.

Eeverse.

Obverse.

(;S)

11

Ml-2

13

M\-2

.14

Ml-l

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

Barbarous copies in bronze.


23

HELIOCLES.

No.

Wt.

Metal.

Reverse.

Obyerse.

Size.

(Another Heliocles?). (y) Silver

;

Indian inscription

;

Persian weight.

BAZIAEHZ AIKAI- T^H'lT^^.'^V OY HAIOKAEOYZ T^ A 2? A •'1'^ Bust

diad.

of

the

king

{Mahdrajasa dhramilcasa

r.,

Heliyakreyasa). Zeus, laui., facing,

,

clad in himation

;

holds 'winged

thunderholt and long sceptre.

22

146-4 JSilOb

23

34'5

^•65

24

34-2

^•65

25

26-3

^•65

toL, lOP.

tol.,

(8)

Bronze

Z.

;

[I.

O.C.

Pl.vn.

[I.

O.C.

PI. VII. 6.]

square.

BAZIAEnZ AIKAI- TT'M'JT^^.'^^ *t] '^ OY HAIOKAEOYZ r A^A Bust of the king

^•85

27

^•85

(Mdhdrajasa, dfiramikasa

r.,

Heliyakreyasa).

diad.

26

5.]

below, fW,

'

Elephant

1.


.

GREEK AND SCYTHIO KINGS OP BACTRIA AND

24

No.

Wt.

Metal.

Reverse.

Obverse.

Size.

BAZIAEI2Z

AIKAI-

OY HAIOKAEOYZ of the king diad,, bearded.

Bust

yh M'i T ^ A^ A

;^

'n.~

V

{Maharajasa

«tj/4>

dhramihaea

r.,

Elephant

Heliyakreyasa).

28

iE-8*

below,

29

^•85

above,

AIKAI- Same

1.

Z. K.

(inscr.

[L 0.

BAZIAETIZ

INDIA.

inscr,

C.

ends

PL

A;re-«a-s«).

VII. 7.]

Indian bull

r.

OY HAIOKAEOYZ Elephant

30

^•8

31

iE-95

r.

0. C.

PL

of Strato, the characters

^2

[I.

to L,

* Restruck on a coin

the reverse from previous striking.

VII. 8.]

P]

r

remaining on


.

;

25

ANTIALOIDAS.

No.

Wt.

Metal.

Beveree.

Obverse.

Size.

ANTIALCIDAS, (a) Silver; Attic weight.

Bust of the king

r.,

diad.

fillet-border.

BAZIAEnZ NIKH<l>oPOY ANTIAAKIAOY Zeus, laur., seated

Nike,

on throne ; holds in r,, bears wreath and pahn;

1.

who

in 1., long sceptre; in field 1., forepart of elephant with bell round neck, who raises his trunk.

257-2

Ml-35

[I. 0. C.

tor., )?(.

PI. VII. 9.]

{P) Silver ; Indian weight.

BAZIAETIZ

NIKH-

<t»0P0Y

ANTIAA-

KIAOY

Bust of the

king

r.,

T^%'*17'^(^)7

rajasa

jayadharasa Andialikidasa). Zeus seated 1. on throne ; holds in r. hand, palm and wreath; in 1.,

diad.

; to 1., small elephant upwards, who grasps the wreath in his trunk.

sceptre

34-5

M-e5

to

Same

inscr.

king

r.,

r.,

Bust of the Same

diad.

1^

[PI. VII.

.

inscr.

holds in tre

;

to

r.

1.,

10]

Zeus seated 1. on throne; hand, Nike; in 1., scep-

forepart of elephant,

who

raises his trunk.

36-4

M-65

below throne,

)?(

38-

M-7

tor.,

101.

37-9

M'65

(king wears causia).

below throne,

.

(elephant

„[I.O.C.]

)?{

[PL

VII.

r.)

11. J


26

No.

GREEK AND 80YTHI0 KINGS OP BAOTBIA AND INDIA.


.

27

ANTIALOIDAS;

No.

Wt.

Metal.

Eeverse.

Obverse.

Size.

(y)

BAZIAEnZ <|)OPoY

Bronze; round.

NIKH-

ANTIAA-

KIAOY r.,

Bust of Zeus with hand hurling

thunderbolt.

jayadharasa Amtidlikidasd). Lau-

'

reate pilei

of the Dioscuri,

mounted by two pahna. 16

M-9

to

r.,

|?(

17

M-85

to

1.,

18

iE-85

(J)

BAZIAEflZ NIKH<|>0P0Y ANTIAAKIAOY Bust of Zeus r.,

bare-headed

derbolt over

1.

;

thun-

shoulder^

stars

Bronze; square.

T^ ?A^ T^ "1.~V T"l%'*17^(?)7

^;

stars

20

M-8

J)

^*

i

IS

J)

21

^•75

)>

A

5

)>

))

I)

»

»

»

»

IvI

24

M-75

25

^75

rajqsa

reate pilei of the Dioscuri,

M-75

M-7

{Maha-

jayadharasa Amtialikidasa). Lau-

19

23

sur-

between them,

[PI. VIII. 1.]

mounted by two palms.

22

;

tol.,

tor.,

Z.

j

sur-

between them,

[PL

[I-

viir. 2.]

0- C.]


23

No.

GIIKEK

Wt.

AND SCYTHIO

KIKGIS

OF BACTBIA AND INDIA.

Metal.

Eeveree.

Obverse.

Size'.

BAZIAEnZ

NIKH-

<|)OPoY

ANTIAA-

KIAOY

Bust of Zeus

lam., with, hand hurling thunderbolt.

r.,

7^ ?A:d

t:j ^.'^v y^%'*]?^(%)?

iE-75

27

^•75

28

M'7

29

M-7

30

M-85

reate pilei of

toL,

R:.

ft.

vm.

3.]

above, „

inscr.,

Aegis.

iE-85

the Di«scuii, sur; between them,

stars

[PI.

Same

31

raiasa

jayadharasa AmtialiMdasa). Lau-

mounted by two palms. 26

{Mdhd-

blundered.

Same

inscr.,

blundered.

Palm and

wreath.

below, 101

.

[I.

0. C.

PL

Tin. 4.]


LTSIAS.

No.

29


.

GREEK AND SCYTHIO KINGS OP BACTBIA AND

30

No.

.

Wt.

Metal. Size.

Reverse.

Obverse.

Bronze; square.

(y)

BAZIAEnZ ANIKHTOY AYZloY Bust of bearded Herakles lion's skin

INDIA.

r.

;

round neck,

and club over shoulder,

{Mdhdrajasa T/^'t"*1 apadihatasa lAsikasa). Elephant r., walking. >

9

10

11

S

Z

If

If

is

l>

»l

1>

below,

M-75

12

above,

13

^•75

14

iE-85

K

[PI. viu. 9.]

.

below, 101

)?(.

(king's

name

"F 7 '^ ''I >

written

Lisiasa.')


.

.

No.

Wt.

31

DI0MBDE3.

Metal.

Reverse.

Obverse.

Size.

DIOMEDES. (a) Silver

;

type, Dioscuri, standing.

BAZIAEHZ ZflTH- T'l'lXT^'l'^*-' (Maharajasa POZ AIOMHAOY "Y ^WA.^ tradatasa DiyaBust of the king r.,

diad.

34-8 /U-65

35-

M-G5

medasa). The Dioscuri, facing, holding lances.

to

tol.,

^king helmeted).

(J3)

r.,

^

[PI. viii. 10.]

[PI. VIII. 11.]

Silver ; type, Dioscuri, mounted.

BAZIAEnZ ZI2TH- T*1^'\T2i'n~«-' (Maharajasa POZ AIOMHAOY ^^/\^ tradatasa Diya-

T

Bust of the king r., diad.

The Dioscuri, charging holding long lances and pahns

viedasa). r.,

33-5

M-65

33-1

M-e5

below, 1^.

[PL

(king helmeted).

(y)

BAZIAEnZ znTHPOZ AIOMHAOY The

Dioscuri,

holding lances.

M-8 iE-85

^•85

M-75

[PI. VIII. 12.]

facing,

VIII 13.]

Bronze; square.

T'n'lXT2:!^.'^*=' {M&Mrajasa

'Y^

^ A^

medasa).

tradatasa Diya-

Indian bull

r.

"

below, i^.

zS.

[PI. VIII. 14.]


.

32

No.

GREEK AND SCTTHIC KINGS OP BACTRIA AND INDIA.

Wt.

Metal. Size.

Obverse.

Reveree.

AECHEBIUS. (a) Silver.

BAZIAEnZ AIKAIOY NIKH<l)OPOY APXEBIOY the king

r.,

A ^^7

(Mdhdrajasa r dhramikasa jayadharasa ArJche-

Bust of

diad.

hiyasa). Zeus, facing, clad in himar tion ; holds long sceptre in 1. hand,

and hurls thunderbolt with 139-

^1-05

to L,

36-,

36-3

to

M-65

r.,

rW

0. C.

[I.

.

IX. 1.]

[PI. IX. 2.]

iae'

(king helmeted).

[PI. IX. 3.]

BAZIAEHZ AIKAIOY NIKH<t>OPOY APXEBIOY

PL

T A 41^7

Bust of

(^Mahdrajasa

dhramikasa jayadharasa Arlthehiyasa). Zeus, facing, clad in hima-

the king 1., diad., wearing aegis and thrusting

tion

with spear.

holds long sceptre in

;

1.

and hurls thunderbolt with 147-6

^1-

34-4

^7

(king helmeted).

to

1,,

Eti

to

1.,

g:

[I.

.

;

to

(/8)

BAZIAEnZ AIKAIOY NIKH<|)OPoY APXEBIOY

iEl-

NikeL, and

wreath

0. C.

hand, r.

PI, IX. 4.J

^.

r.,

[L 0.

holding palm.

r.

PL

C.

IX. 5.]

Bronze; round.

T A ^^7

(Mdhdrajasa dhramikasa jayadharasa Arkhebiyasa).

tor.,rM.

Owl

r.

[PL

IX. 6.]


.

,

33

AEOHEBIUB.

wt.

Metal.

Reverse

Obverse.

Size.

(y)

Bronze; square.

BAZIAEnZ •Y

AIKAINIKH<|)«P«Y

APXEBI-Y Elephant

TA+l*^?

r.

hiyasa).

^1^•9

{MdMrajasa

dhramikasa jayadhardsa Arkhe-

below, W1

Owl

r.

[PI. IX. 7.]

[I. 0.

C]


34

GREEK AND SOYTHIC KINGS OP BACTBIA AND INDIA.

No.

Wt.

Metal.

Keverse.

Obverse.

Size.

APOLLODOTUS (a) Silver ;

BAZIAEflZ

I.

round ; Attic weight.

AnoA-

AOAOTOY ZnTH-

(Mdhdrajasa Apaladatasa trada-

POZ

tasa).

Elephant

r.,

band

Indian bull

r.

roimd body. 31-1

M-6

30-8

M'6

[PI. IX. 8.]

[I.

(j8)

Silver ; square

BAZIAEnZ AnoAAOAOTOY ZHTH POZ Elephant r., band round body. 3

37-9

4

37-8

5

37-8

6

37-7

7

38-

8

36-3

9

37-5

10

38-

11

37-9

12

18-3

^•65

;

Indian

0.

C]

weiglit.


.

APOLLODOTUS

No.

Wt.

Metal.

Obverse.

Size.

Eeverse.

(y)

Bronze; square.

BAZIAEnZ AnoAAOAOTOY ZI2THPOZ facing

;

^•9

U

iE-95

15

^85

16

i[!3-85

17

^95

{Mahdrajasa Apaladatasa tradaTripod on stand, in square

Apollo, laur., holds in r. hand,

arrow ; in

13

35

I.

1.,

tasa).

of dots.

bow.

[PI. IX. 10.]

[I. 0.

to

r.,

tol., ftl.

C]

K rt.

f^

[I.

18

19

M-9

20

M-9

21

M-9

1.

22

^V

z

23

iG-9

ih.

24

M-75

0.

C]

hpl.

[I-O.C]

[PI. IX. 11. J


..

.

GREEK AND SCTTHIO KINGS OF BiOTEIA AND INDIA.

36

No.

Wt.

Metal.

Reverse.

Obverse.

Size.

BAZIAEilZ AnoAAOAOTOY ZflTHApoUo, laur., POZ

(Jdahdrajasa Apaladatasa tradaTripod on stand, in square

tasa).

facing ; holds in r. hand, arrow ; in 1., bow.

of dots.

^•9 ^•85

to

1.,

'El

to

1.,

to

r.,

C]

[I.

0.

[I.

0. C.

B

iE-95

^9

ITT.

^•9

2 A~

.^9

"

EP(?)

^•8

to

1.,

T?

JE-7

to

r.,

M

M-1

(inscr.

)

.,

^•75

M-m

(

.,

)

tol.,

to

r.,

M

,,

fft.

M-7 (5)

Indian bull

Bronze; square r.,

;

PI. IX. 12.]

[I.

O.

C]

[I.

0.

C]

M.

"

(

.

blundered.)

iE-75

^9

.

.

perhaps of Apollodottis.

in square Tripod, in square of dots.

of dots.

39

M-5

[I.

?

q. c.

PI. IX. 1.3.]


J

.

APOLLODOTUS

No.

II.,

37

PHILOPATOR.

Metal.

Wt.

Obverse.

Size.

Reverse.

APOLLODOTUS

IL,

PHILOPATOK.

(a) Silver.

MErAZflTHPoZ

BAZIAEX2Z

AOY

(Maharajasa tradatasa ApdladaPallas 1., holding in 1. hand aegis, and with r. hurling thun,

<l>IAonATO-

KAI

tasa).

POZ AFIOAAOAO-

TOY king

128-5

r.,

Bust of the

derbolt.

diad.

MV15

tol..

BAZIAEflZ ZilTH-

[PI. X. 1.]

Similar.

POZ KAI <l>IAOriAToPoZ AROA-

AOAOTOY

Similar

bust.

37-2

M-75

tol,

37-3

M-65

to

1.,

[PI. X. 2.]

uncertain letter; to

r.,

[PI. X. 3.]

36-1

M-7

3C-

M-7

36-8

M-1

to

BAZIAEXIZ ZflTHPoZ AFIOAAOAO-

TOY 35-4

^•65

37-8

^•6

r,,

|S^

,.

A-

Similar.

Similar bust. tol., 'i^; tor.,

^.

[L 0. C."

PI. X. 4.


.

.

GEBBK AND SOYTHIO KINGS OP BACTRIA AND INDIA.

38

No.

Wt.

Metal.

Reverse.

Obverse.

Size.

Bronze; round.

(/8)

BAZIAEnZ ZflTHPOZ AFIOAAOAO-

(Maharajasa tradatasa Apalada-

TOY

Apollo r., clad in chlamys and boots, holding with, both hands an arrow ; a quiver at

Tripod.

tasa).

his shoulder.

9

10

iEl-25 tol.,^.

to

J

1.,

to

;

r.,

^

^1-05

[PI. X. 5.]

(•y)

Bronze; square.

BAZIAEHZ ZriTHPOZ AfloAAoAO-

{Makarajasa tradatasa Apalada-

TOY

Apollo facing, clad in chlamys and boots quiver behind shoulder; holds in 1. hand, bow ; in r., arrow, which rests on the ground.

Tripod.

tasa).

;

11

Ml-

to

Same

inscr.

Apollo

r.,

^

1.,

to

;

Same

inscr.

to

T

1|

r.,

[PI. X. 6.]

.

Tripod.

clad in chlamys and boots ; holds with both hands ah arrow ; a quiver at his shoulder.

12

1.,

;

to

r.,

club.

{flan of coin round),

13

.^•95

15

mons. obscure. to

14

[PI. x. 7.]

I.,

'^

;

to

r.,

^

.

(type within square of dots.)

^•8

to

r.,

M [I.

„ 0. C.

PI. X. 8.]


APOLLODOTUS

No.

Wt.

39

FHILOPATOR.

II.,

Metal.

Reverse.

Obverse.

Size.

BAZIAEnZ ZfiTHPOZ

KAI

<|>IAO-

{Maharajasa tradatasa Apalada-

HATOPOZ AnoA'AOAOTOY

tasa).

Tripod.

Apollo

clad in cUamys and boots ; holds in r. hand, r.,

arrow

16

(type

;

in

1.,

within

bow.

square

of to

r.,

men.

(type within square of fillet-pattern).

fillet-pattern.)

17

BAZIAEnZ znTH POZ

KAI

01 AO-

{Maharajasa tradatasa Apalada-

HATOPOZ AnoAAOAOTOY Similar

tasa).

Tripod.

type.

18

M -65

19

JB-6

to

within type, Similar square of fiUet-pattem.

20

M-^

r.,

[PI. X. 9.J

{Maharajasa tradatasa Aj>aladaDiadema. tasa).


.

GREEK AND 8CYTHI0 KINGS OP BACTRIA AND INDIA.

^,40

No.

Wt.

Metal.

Obverse.

Size.

Reverse.

STEATO

I.

(a) Silver,

BAZIAEflZ

Eni4>A-

NOYZ ZnTHPoZ ZTPATHNOZ

Bust

of

tlie

king

(Mdhdrajasa r IE praticKhasa tradatasa Stratasa). Pallas L, holding with L hand aegis, and with r. hurling thunderbolt,

r.,

diad.

133-3

Ml-05

(king wears helmet.)

31-3 36-2

M-7

33-3

M-65

1.,

^,

tol.,

^.

to

[PI. X. 10.]

[PI. X. 11.]

ft.

BAZIAEnZ ZilTH TI^XT^ii'l.'^V {Maharajasa POZ ZTPATHNOZ tradatasa Straf\ i Bust of the king diad. r.,

Similar type.

tasa).

35-8

^•7

(king helmeted.)

35-5

to

1.,

[PLx.

101.

1

;

to

r.,

12.]

^

*1

(semi-barbarous.)

37-6

M-65

»

35-4 M.-6

"

.... t34-4

I

inscr.

.

.

PONOZA NOZ

.

"

j

I

i(

j

J)

»

H [I.O.C. •

)>

^

)>

Pl.x. 13.] ,,

)>

[PI. X. 14.]

10

32-2 VR-65

[I.O.C.] (last line of inscr. •

Or H

t This

padayashasa ?).

cha, prackichhaia. is

one oi the coins sometimes wrongly given to an imaginary

king, Rosastonos.


STRATO

iNo.

Wt.

Metal.

41

I.

Reverse.

Obverse.

Size.

BAZIAEnZ ZflTH POZ AIKAIOY ZTPATilNOZ Bust

of

king

tlie

T^ 2 r.,

diad.

11

32-7

^•65

to

(;8)

r.,

T^^

laur.;

^1-

to

(y)

BAZIAEilZ

{Mahdrajasa

pratichhasa tradatasa Stratasa). Bow and quiver, with strap.

hair in queue.

12

[PI. XI. l.J

1,101.

Bronze; round.

BAZIAEnZ Eni<t>ANOYZ ZnTHPOZ ZTPATilNOZ Bust of Apollo

{Mahdrajasa

tradatasa dhramikasa Stratasa). Pallas r., holding in 1. hand aegis, and with r. hurling thunderholt.

1.,

k

Bronze ; square

[PI. XI. 2.]

;

type,

AjwUo.

Eni<l>A-

NOYZ ZnTHPOZ

{Mahdrajasa

"Y^^

ZTPATI2NOZ

pratichhasa tradatasa Stratasa).

Apollo, facing; holds in r. hand, arrow; in 1.,

Tripod-lebes, on stand.

bow.

13

^•95

to

1.,

&;

to

r.,

H [I.

14

15

16

^85

rfl.

>>

^^

"X

;

.

0. C.

PI. XI. 3.]

[I.O.C]

to

r.,

'n and nion. 0. C]

[I.


.

42

No.

GREEK AND SCTTHIO KINGS OP BACTRIA AND INDIA.

Wt.

Metal.

Obverse.

Size.

ReTerae.

Bronze

(8)

BAZIAEnZ znTHPOZ ZTPATHNOZ

square

;

17

M-8

18

iE-85

19

^•8

over shoulder,

r.

club

bound

with, taenia.

tor.,

1^.

[I.

0. C.

[I. 0.

'F *!

ZTPATriNOZ

2

PI. XI. 4.]

C]

{Maharajasa

tradatasa dhramikasa Stratasa). Similar type.

Similar type.

.^•9

T^"i.~v

{Maharajasa tradatasa Stratasa). Nike r., holds wreath and palm.

BAZIAEilZ ZriTH POZ AIKAIOY

20

type, Nike.

T^2 T"i^X

Bust of bearded Herakles

;

;

to

r.,

101

[PI. XI. 5.]


43

AGATHOCLBIA, WITH STEATO.

No.

Wt.

Metal.

Eeverse.

Obverse.

Size.

AGATHOCLEIA, WITH STEATO. (a)

Bronze

;

square.

BAZIAIZZHZ eEO- TT'S'i T"i^\ y^^'^ TPonoY AFAeo(Jdaharaja^a y^i KAEIAZ Bust of the tradatasa dhramikasa Stratasa). Queen

r.,

helmeted.

Herakles seated 1. on rock ; holds in r. hand, club, which rests- on

knee (type of Euthydemus).

M

-8

^•8

to

1.,

|0P.

[PI. XI. 6.]

[I.

0.

C]

-


44

No.

GREEK AND SOTTHIO KINGS OP BACTRIA AND INDIA.


.

45

MENANDBR.

No.

Wt.

Metal. Size.

Reverse.

ObTerse.

BAZIAEnZ ZflTH- T^'l-\T^^.~V (Maharafasa POZMENANAPOY ^ J Jenc Bust of the king diad. .\ 1^Pallas trltasa u° holding m drasa). r.,

,

Wf

,,

i.

i

hand

and with

aegis,

r.

hurling

thunderbolt.

12

37-8

^•7

13

37-8

^-7

14

39-

^•7

15

34-8

M-G5

to

1.,

16

33-6

M-7

to

r.,

17

37-6

^7

18

37-4

^7

19

38-

^•65

20

341 ^•75

21

37-5

^•65

22

36-

M-65

I)

23

37-7

24

37-3

M-65

25

37-

M-7

(king helmeted).

to

r.,

[I.

to

].,

^

0.

.

E-

S ;

to

r.,

1^.

W[I.

to

r.,

C]

0.

C]

)?(.

i

1.

1.,

[PI. XI. lO.J


46

No.

GREEK AND SCTTHIC KINGS OP BACTRIA AND INDIA.

Wt.

Metal.

Reverse.

Obverse.

Size.

BASIAEnS ZflTHPOZ MENANAPOY

T'n^-'T.Tsl'n-'^V (Maharajasa

T"*\.£^

Bust of the king r., diad.

trddatasa

Mma-

holding in 1. hand aegis, and with r. hurling drasa).

Pallas

1.,

thunderbolt.

^65

26

36-3

27

39'

28

38-3

^•7

29

38-

^75

30

38-7

^-7

tol., )?{; tor.,

tor.,

Same

Z; 1^.

Bust of the Similar. wearing aegis thrusting with

insor.

king

and

1.,

spear.

31

36-6

32

37-1

33

37-3

34

37-8

35

38-

^7

tol.,)^.

tor.,

A

-65

^•75

M.

m.

»

Ivl

r.

)?(.

[I.

0.

C]


MENANDBE.

No.

47


.

QBEEK AND SCYTHIC KINGS OP BA.CTEIA AND

48

No.

Wt.

Metal.

Reverse.

ObTerso.

Size.

INDIA.

(7) Bronze ; square ; with

head uf Pallas.

BAZIAEflZ ZnTH- T^^XT^^I.^^^ POZ MENANAPOY Bust of Pallas

47

iEM

drasa).

below, 1^

Similar.

Same

{Maharajasa

tradatasa MenaHorse r., prancing.

\.Z.^

"Y

wearing crested helmet. r.,

.

Nike

inscr.

r.

;

holds wreath

and palm. 48

to

r.,

ft

49

^.

50

E-

52

»

J)

53

m

»

W-

51

0.

[I.

.

[I.

O. C.

C] PI. XI. 13.]

^•85

54 55

M-9>

Similar.

Same

Nike

inscr.

1.

;

holds wreath

and palm. 56

M-7b

57

M-d,

58

M-1b

to

1.,

1^

•^

;

;

B.

to

r.,

B

[I.

.

0.

C]

[PI. XII. l.J

[I.

0.

C]


MENANDEB.

No.

49


GREEK AND 8CYTHI0 KINGS OP BACTRIA AND INDIA.

No.


51

DIONYSIUS.

No.

Wt.

Metal.

Reverse.

Obverse.

Size.

EPANDER. (a)

BAZIAEnZ

Bronze.

NIKH-

<t>oPoY EHANAPOY Nike advancing r. holds

(Mdharajasa jaijadharasa Indian bull

drdsa).

;

Epa-

r.

wieath and palm.

M-9

below, l£

R:

[I.

.

0. C.

PI. XII 8.]

DIONYSIUS. (a) Silver.

BAZIAEnZ znxH- y*n*l\T^^~"-' POZ

AIONYZIOY

(Maharajasa

A ^ -9 7 ^

tradatasa Pallas 1. ; holding Dianisiyasd) in 1. hand, aegis ; and with r., hurling thunderbolt.

*P

Bust of the king r., diad.

.

38-

M-7

to

(/3)

r.,

^

[I.

.

0. C.

PI. XII. 9.]

Bronze.

BAZrAEHZ zriTH- TA^^-f 7^ T"i^\ y:^^^^ POZ

AIONYZIOY

(^Maharajasa tradatasa DianisiTripod.

ApoUor.jCladin chlamys and boots; holds in both hands an arrow ; a quiver

yasa).

at his back.

"^

to

iE-85

to

^•8

mons. obscure.

1.,

;

r.,

r+1.

[I.

0.

C]


52

No.

GREEK AND SCTTHIC KINGS OF BACTRIA AND INDIA.

Wt.

Metal. Size.

Reverse.

Obverse.

ZOILUS. (a)

Silver

;

baziaehz AiKArOY iniAOY Bust of the king

37-4

M-7

38

M-65

r.,

with

BiKaw.

title

(Maharajasa

dhramilcasa Jhdi^ Herakles facing, crowned with ivy; holds in r. hand, wreath; in 1., chib and lion's skin.

diad.

lasa).

tol.,t^.

[PL

[I.

(yS)

Silver

;

with

XII. 10.]

0.

title a-oyr^p.

BAZIAEnZ ZflTH T*1*l\T7^'^«-» POZ iniAOY Bust I'iT'^ of the king

r.,

diad.

C]

(Maharajasa tradatasa

PaUas I. ; holding in L hand, aegis ; and with r., hurlJho'ilasa).

ing thimderbolt.

34'8

^•65

tol.,

?;

tor.,

^. [I.O.C.

37-4 yR-65

37-6

^•8

36-6

^6

34-4

^•7

382

^7

Z in inscr.

^;

PL

[I.

XII. 11.]

0.

C]

f\j

[I.

O.

C]


53

ZOILUS.

No.

Wt.

Metal.

Reverse.

Obverse.

Size.

(y)

Bronze

BAZIAEnZ ZflTH-

T*^^^

Apollo r., clad in chlamys and Loots ; holds in both hands an arrow; a quiver

back

;

in.

field

round.

Y'n'n'XT'V^'^'-' {Maharajasa

POZ ICOIAOY

at his

;

Jhdilasa).

tradatasa

Tripod.

1.,

small elephant.

.^1-25

tol.,

Elephant

10

^;

tor.,

7.

to

7-

[Pl.xii. 12.]

SimOar.

r.

^•75

to

(5)

1.,

H;

r.,

(double-struck).

Bronze; square.

BAZIAEHZ ZnTHPOZ iniAOY

(Maharajasa tradatasa Jhdilasa).

ApoUo r.,

clad in chlamys and boots ; holds in both hands an arrow; a quiver

Tripod.

at his back.

11

Ml-

tol .^.

to

1.,

7

;

to

r.,

T'

.

[PI. XII. 13.]


GREEK AND SCYTHIO KINGS OP BACTEIA AND INDIA.

54

No.

Wt.

Metal.

Reveree.

Obverse.

Size.

APOLLOPHANES. (o) Silver.

BAZIAEIIZ ZflTH- T*1*1'1.T^*T^»-' POZ AnoAAO<t>AT S 7^ 'I lA

NOY

Bust of the king r., helmeted; diadem tied round the (sic)

^•65

37-8

M-65

tradatasa

Apulaphanasa). Pallas 1. ; holding in 1. hand, aegis ; and with r. hulling thunderbolt.

helmet.

36-3

{Maharajasa

7

to

1.,

0''

»

;

to

r.,

),

J)

^

.

n

[PI.

[!•

xm.

1.]

O- C.]

AETEMIDOEUS. (o)

BAZIAEnZ

1.,

how,

and with r., draws arrow from quiver at her back.

M-8

square,.

ANI-

KH[ToYAP]TEMIArtemis, AilPOY facing; holds in

Bronze;

y

*1 "nvp^^ti

7

{Maharajasa

apadihatasa Artemidorasa).

Humped

below,

^

bull

.

r.

[PI. XIII. 2.]


ANTIMACHUS

No.

IX.,

NICEPHORUS.

55


56

No.

GREEK AND BCTTHIC KINGS OP BAC'TRIA AND INDIA.


.

.

67

PHILOXENUS.

No.

Wt.

Metal.

Obverse.

Size.

Eeverae.

(y)

Bronze; square.

BAZIAEnZ ANIKH T^f^^/j-p Sim-god, facing, radiate,

-P

-

--

-,•,

;

'

.

•,

*

-^

"n"

apadihatasa Jrmla*sinasa). holds wreath and palm. ;

-

clad in chiton, himation, and boots; holds in 1.

hand long sceptre

^

T:^^.<n>V (,-,

JNike

r.

r.

extended.

10

^•8

to

r.,

A

;Same ihscr. City 1. ; in Same L hand cornucopiae ; r. extended.

11

^•85

12

^•8

13

tol.,

II

lOl

[PI. xiii. 9.]

101

Indian bull

inscr.

below,

Z.

1.

[I.O. C.

U 15

[I.

M-8 mon.

16

17

M-8

* Sometimes

z.

lu for la.

0.

r.

PI. XIII. 10.]

C]


;

GEEEK AND

58

No.

Wt.

SCYTIIIO KINGS OP BA.GTRIA

AND

INDIA.

Metal, r Size.

Obverse.

Reverse.

1

NICIAS. (a)

BACIAEUJC CUJTHPaC NIKIOY Head of the king

r.,

diad.

Bronze; square.

(or

YA"^'N/«^) T^'H'Vfu'']

{Maharajasa or Maharayasa

tra-

datasa Nikiasa). King, diad. and wearing chlamys, on horseback r. horse prancing.

^•8

[PI. XIII. 11.]

BAzrAEnz znTH T7%-9 POZ NIKIOY Similar head.

/E-9

y^^x y^^^^

{Maharajasa tradatasa Nikiasa). Dolphin twined round anchor.

[PI. XIII.

12.]


..

59

HIPPOSTRATUS.

No.

Metal.

Wt.

Reverse.

Obverse.

Size.

HIPPOSTEATUS. (a) Silver; type, City.

BAZIAEnZ znxH- T*l^\T7'n~v-Âť (Maharajasa PnZ mnaZTPAfl'Z /?'/' tradatasa Hipa-

TDY 1'.,

UG

^1-1

147-7

^1-15

Bust of the king

City 1., wearing modius ; holds in 1. hand, cornueopiae ; r. advanced. stratasd).

diad.

to

(/3)

BAZIAEHZ

AdY

Silver

;

1.,

type.

^

;

to

King mi

[Pi. XIV, 1.]

7.

,

horseback.

T^^\

MErA- T"i.~w

ZHTHPdZ mnnZTPATDY

r.,

T7"-:~^

(^Maharajasa tradatasa mahdtasa jayamtasa Hipastratasa). Kin diad. and helmeted, wearing chlamys, on horseback r. ; horse

Bust of the king r., diad.

prancing.

139-5

^1-2

below, 1^.

147-

.fll-1

to

1.,

V

;

to

r.,

@

;

below, Tl [PI. XIV. 2.]

144-

411-05 0.

[I.

34-6

M-lb

to

1.,

V

;

to

r.,

@

;

C]

Jr

below,

[PI. XIV. 3.]

Similar.

Similai, horse walking. to

143-2

1.,

V

;

to

r.,

@

;

below, 2*. [PI. XIV. 4.]

144-8

M\Ob

143-

Ml-l

1>

))

!)

J>

>!

)J

y [I.

0.

C]


60

No.

GREEK AND 8CYTHI0 KINGS OF BACTBIA AND INDIA.

Wt.

Metal.

Obverse.

Size.

Reverse.

BAZIAEnZ ZHTH- T"i.A^ T"i"i\ r^i'^^ PdZ mnnZTPA'y^^h'P {Mdharajasa TQY Bust of the king tradatasei,jayam,tasa Hipastratasa).

diad.

r.,

King, diad. and helmeted, wearing chlamys, on horseback r. ; horse prancing.

10

143-

iRM5 (y)

PI. XIV. 5.]

[I.O. C.

below,

Bronze; sguare.

BAZIAEnZ znTHpoz

TOY his

mnozTPA-

{Mdharajasa tradatasa Hipastra-

Triton,

tasa).

facing,

body ending in

fish's

1.

City 1., turreted ; holds in hand, palm ; r. advanced.

; holds dolphin and rudder.

tails

11

12 13

^1-05

to

^1 ^1

1.,

^

to

;

tJ

t>

ti

n

)>

tt

7.

r.,

it

n

[I.O.C.

Same inscr. Apollo r.,

clad in chlamys ; holds arrow"

in both hands at shoulder.

14

inscr,

meted, throne taenia

^•85

16 17

; ;

inscr.

tol.,

^

Tripod.

quiver

^•9

Same

15

;

Same

Pallas, hel-

seated 1. holds in in 1 , spear.

on r.,

tor.,

;

7-

[PI. XIV. 7.]

T^.A7 T^"l\ TV"T^^ r'l^A'/'

{Mdharajasa

tradatasa jayamtasa Hipastratasa).

Horse

1.,

in square of fdlet-pattem.

tol.,

[1.0, C.

^•85

PI. XIV. 6.]

PL

XIV. 8.]


61

AMYNTAS.

No.

Wt.

Metal. Size.

Reverse.

Obverse.

AMYNTAS. (a) Silver ; type, Pallas.

BAZIAEnZ NIKA- 7-,vk7 T"i?a^ T^^.'v^v TOPOZ AMYNTOY (Maharajasa jayadharasa AmiBust of the king r., diad., helmeted.

Pallas 1. ; holding in 1. hand, aegis; and with t hurling tasa).

thuaderbolt.

127-2

^1-

[PI. XIV. 9.]

tol.,

(/3)

BAZIAEflS

Silver

NIKA-

TOPOZ AMYNTOY Bust of the king

r.,

;

type, Zeus.

T"iv7 T1?A:i

T::i"l.~v

{Mahiiraja&a jayadharasa AmiZeus seated I. on throne; tasa). in r. hand, Nike ; in 1., palm and

diad.

sceptre.

33-4

^•65

tol.,

OS.

36-2

^•65

tor.,

[I.

0. C.

PI. XIV. 10.]

(y) Bronze; square.

BAZIAEI2Z

NIKA-

TOPOZ AMYNTOY

{Maharajasa jayadharasa AmiPaUas standing 1., her r. tasa). hand advanced ; in her 1., spear and shield.

Bearded bust r., radiate, in Phrygian cap; sceptre over shoulder.

to

JI-8

1.,

Efl.

[1.0. C.

PI. XIV. 11.]


62

No.

GREEK AND SOYTHIO KINGS OP BACTRIA AND INDIA.


HBRMAEUS.

No.

63


64

No.

GREEK AND SOYTHIO KINGS OP BACTBIA AND

Metal.

Wt.

Obverse.

Size.

(;8)

INDIA.

Beverse,

Bronze;

with portrait.

rovlrfd;.

BAZIAEXir ZHTH-

PaZ EPMAIDY Bust of the king

(J^aharajasa tradatasa HeramaZeus, laur., seated 1. on throne with back ; bis r. hand advanced ; in his 1., sceptre.

i.,

yasa).

diad.

;25

^95

126

to

1.,

^;

to

r.,

5

,

uncertain Indian letter. [1.0. C. PL IV. 6.]

^•95

,,

„ uncertain Indian letter.

>8

^85

29

^•95

„ uncertain Indian letter.

30

iB-9

^•95

i>

II

))

»

»

)i

)i

»

)>

»

»

"•

I)

n

)i

n

,

I

[27 i

T.

M'.

[I. 0.

G.]

[I.

0.

C]

[1.

0.

C]

I

i

32

^1-05

33

J&\-

34

^•95

35

^•95

>>

>i

i>

V.

36

MX-

<7.

i

37

»J

K™

f>J J

1J


HEBMAEUS.

No.

6.5


.

GREEK AND SCTTHIC KINGS OF BACTRIA AND INDIA.

66

Metal.

No.

Wt.

Reverse.

Obverse.

Size.

(S)

Bronze; square; without portrait.

BAZIAEnZ ZilTHPOZ EPMAIOY Bearded male bust r., radiate, wearing Phry-

{Mdharajasa tradatasa HeramaHorse r., trotting. s).

gian cap.

51

below,

M

^

.

52 53

54

M-75

55

M-1h

[T.

[I.

0. C.

0.

C]

PI. XV. 8.]

HEEMAEUS AND CALLIOPE, (a) Silver.

BAZIAEflZ ZflTHPOZ EPMAIOY KAI

KAAAlonHZ jugate

r.

of the

Queen, both diad.

36-2

^•65

33-2

^•6

Busts

King and

A\.hA*^Ji

{Maharajasa

tradatasa Heramayasa Kaliyapaya). King, helmeted and diad., r. on horseback ; horse prancing, bow and lance on his back.

below, E^l.

[PI. XV. 9.]

[LO.

C.

PI. XV. 10.]


RANJABALA.

No.

67


.

68

No.

GHEEK AND SCTTHIO KINGS OP BAOTEIA AND INDIA.

Wt.

Metal.

Obverse.

Size.

Eevorse.

MAUES. (a)

Head

Bronze ; round ; Greek legend only.

of elephant

r.

;

bell

BAZIAEflZ

Caduceus.

MAYOY

round neck.

^1-15

tol., rtt.

[I.

0. C.

PL

XVI. 1.]

^1-15

(j8)

Silver

;

type, Zeus.

BAZIAEHZ

BAZI(^Bajadi. AEHN MEFAAOY r"l'^^T:i!"ll:j^ rajasa /y mahatasa MAYOY Zeus stand- Moasa). Nike holds \

ing r. .

151-

and palm bound with

to

(y)

Bronze; round;

BAZIAEnZ BAZIAEHN MErA[AOY [MAYOY?] on

horseback over shoulder couched.

to

fillet.

long sceptre.

^115

M\-2

wieath

r. ;

clad in himation; hand extended; in 1., 1.,

r.,

(^

King r. whip

;

;

lance

r.,

type,

[PI. xvj. 2.]

King mi

horseback.

{Rajadirajma mahatasa Moasa). Female figure, facing, diad. holds ;

in r. hand, patera, containing oflferings ; 1. rests on wheel ; on head, turreted crown. (Tyche).

toL, vc;.

[PI. XVI. 3.]


..

69

MAUES.

No.

Wt.

Metal.

Reverse.

Obverse.

Size.

(S)

Bronze

round ; other

;

baziaehz baziaehn mepaaoy

"7

MAYOY

-

Artemis ninnmg r., radiate, with veil iloatiag round her

head 5

^1-

6

iEl-

7

^1-

;

clad

in

typhs.

7y

Moasa).

rajasa mahatasa

Indian

humped huU

1.

short

chiton and "boots. to

1.,

A

„

rÂŤ

[PI. XVI. 4.]

Same

Horakles, Sanie inscr. inscr. facing; holds in I, cluh and lion's skin.

^1-05

to

(e)

Bronze ; square ;

1.,

Maneless lion

rW

type,

[PI. XVI. 5.]

King on

horseiaek.

BAZIAEnZ BAZI- T"T^^T^"ll^"l AEflN MEfAAOY "y 7W rajasa MAYOY King r. on horsehack shoulder; vanced.

;

r.

whip over hand ad-

1.

(Bajadi.

mahatasa Pallas r., her garment Moasa). flying ; holds in 1. hand, spear and shield; r. extended; before her, altar.

M-^

tor.,

Same

inscr.

horsehack

;

M'C,.

King r. on Same inscr. whip over and palm.

[PI. XVI. 6.]

Mke

1. ;

holds wreath

shoulder; lance couched.

10

Ml-

tol.,

[PI. XVI. 7.]


;;

.

70

No.

.

GEEEK AND SCYTHIO KINGS OP BACTHIA AND INDIA.

Wt.

Metal.

Obverse.

Size.

Bererse.

(Q Bronze ; square ;

BAZIAEnZ AEilN

MAYOY female holds

other types.

BAZI-

MEfAAoY

{Rajadirajasa mahatasa Moasa). Nike 1. ; holds wreath and palm.

Draped

figure

facing,

sceptre

trans-

versely ; on her head, crescent ; and on either

A

side, star.

11

M-95

to

Same

Zeus, laur., throne

inscr.

seated 1. holds in tre;

r.

on 1.

hand

scep-

extended towards

Same

13

M-9

1.

inscr.

on throne

Zeus, seated ; holds in r.

hand Nike, who carries wreath and pahn; before him,

forepart

phant

U

figure, facing,

who seems

A

tol.

Same

Female

inscr.

wearing turreted crown and holding long sceptre ; holds out in r. hand her veil. (Tyche).

female to be an emhodiment of the thunderbolt. figure,

M,l-

[PI. XVI. 8.J

winged

small

12

-p

1.,

r.,

of

with

T

[PL

XVI. 9.]

Same inscr.

Herakles, facing ; holds hand, club and lion's skin; with r., crowns himself ? in

1.

ele-

trunk

raised.

Ml-l Same

Poseidon himation ; on hip ; in

inscr.

clad

hand

in

trident;

r.

1.,

r. 1.,

M-95

16

JE-9

inscr. Female figure, clad in chiton and himation, facing; stands

between two vines.

A tol.,f

(Poseidon raises to

r.,

hpi

(Maenad ?).

foot placed on

shoulder of a river-god.

15

Same

r.

hand)

[I.

0. C.

[I.

0.

PI. XVII. 1.]

C]


;

.

.

.

MAUES.

No.

Wt.

71

Metal.

ObverBO.

Size.

Reverse.

BAZIAEflZ BAZIAEflN MErAAOY

MAYOY

striding

1.

,

(Rajadirajasa mahaiasa Moasa). figure, clad in chiton and himation, facing ; stands between

Poseidon hurling thnn-

Female

derbolt to r., and holding in left hand aplustre; heside him, rivergod, leaping up.

17

M-9

two

tol.,

Same

inscr.

Male

figure

chlamys flying behind; holds club and 1.,

(Maenad

vines.

[I.

O.C.

?).

PI. XVII. 2.]

Same inscr. Female figure r., lum flying ; holds long fillet.

pep-

trident.

18

^1-1

19

^1-05

to

1.,

^

tor., S'C;.

Same inscr. Female 1. ;

in

r. 1.,

figure

figure, facing; clad in himation; r. hand on hip; Wears (Hermes?). petasus,

cornucopiae.

M-9

A to

1.,

Same inscr. Elephant run- Same

M-9

22

M-9

23

M-9

24

M-85

J25

Ml-05

King, facing, seated on cushion ; sword

inscr.

cross-legged

fillet-pattern.

pattem.

on his knees

to

in square of fiUet-

T^.

Same

inscr.

to

1^

r.,

:

[PI. XVII. 5.]

r.,

„

Similar.

[PI. XVII. 4.]

T^

ning r., holds in trunk, in square of wreath :

21

Pl.XTii. 3.]

Same inscr. Male

hand advanced

(Tyche?).

20

O.C.

[I.

Indian

humped buU

[PI. XVII. 6.]

r.


.

72

No.

GREEK AND SCTTHIO KINGS OP BACTRIA AND INDIA.

Wt.

Metal.

Obverse.

Size.

BAZIAEnZ MAYOY Apollo 1. ; holds in r. hand arrow ; in 1., how.

26

^•6

27

^•55

to

1.,

,.

Same

Reverse.

yiV

TIi!*T^'-' {Maharajasa Moasa). Tripod, in square of dots.

M

[PI. ivii. 7.]

M,

inscr.

Horse

Same

inscr.

trotting.

28

iE-8

toi.rtt.

Bow

in case.


.

.

;

73

AZ£B.

No.

Wt.

Metal.

Reverse.

Obverse.

Size.

AZES. (a) Silver; type, Zeus.

Y^^^w

BAZIAEHZ

BAZI- T^.'v..^ y:j-i:j^ {Mahaxajasa "FA 7 The king r., rajarajasa mahdtasa Ayasa). Zeus

AEHN MEPAAOY AZOY on

horseback

;

holds

lance, couched.

146-5

145-7

^1-1

radiate

1.,

long sceptre.

below, 'Y-

to

Similar.

Same

1.,

(g)

;

r.

;

to

r.,

V

.

^1-05

140-6

^1-1

35-5

1.,

K

;

to

„1;

below, b

^-65

to

r.,

5

I.,

K;

7.

to

r.,

37-9

^7

35-

iR-65

below,

M'

[I.

PI. XVII. 9.]

O.C]

J. O.C. PL

[I.

Similar.

in

[PI. XVII. 8.]

[I.O.C. 150-3

;

Zeus, facing, laur. inscr. holds winged thunderbolt and long sceptre.

to

.R115

hand advanced

1.,

XVII. 10.]

Same

Zeus, facing, laur. ; inscr. hurls with r., thunderbolt ; and holds in 1., long sceptre.

to

1.,

))

^j it

tpr.,

JJ

7.

»J

[Pl.xvu.ll.]


GREEK AND SCYTHIC KINGS OP BAOTBIA AND INDIA.

74

No.

Wt.

Metal.

Obverse.

Size.

Reverse.

BAZIAEnZ

BAZI-

AEHN MEfAAbY AZOV

on

The king

horseback whip.

128

^-95

below, T'

146-7

^1-1

to

r,,

'V

.

10

140

^1-1

t.

11

136-8

^1-

^.

;

*r

r.,

holds

A7

(Maharajasa

rajarajasa malidtasaAyasa). Zeus 1. ; holds in r. hand, wreath-bearing Nike ; in 1., long sceptre.

tol.,

^;

tor., *1.

if

M

ft

)J

I

JJ

[I.O.C. PI. XVII. 12.] 12

142-3

^•95

13

149

^1-1

U

136

^•9

T.

.,

15

150-4

^•9

^.

>>

»

)}

j>

jj

J)

Jl

}>

»

,,

)f(

i>

16

128-7

M-95

1.

17

148-7

M-25

^•

18

149

M-9

T.

19

147-71

M-95

20

147

M-95

'y.

9>

#;

;

if

J>

K.

))

„ mon.

L-'^.

o. C.J

[I.

0.

C]


AZES.

No.

75


..

76

No.

GREEK AND SOYTHIC KINGS OP BACTEIA AND INDIA.

Wt.

Metal.

Obverse.

Size.

Reverse.

BAZIAEnZ

BAZI- T"i.~v-' T:^*n:i"i t:^"i~'>^ (Maharajasa r 7 The king r.,

AEHN MEFAAOY AZOV

on

horseback whip.

35

31

36

36-4

/R-65 tor., N'.

»

T.

37

36-2

^•6

?•

38

372 M-e

X.

39

32-9

M-6

\.

T.

M-G

40

35-8

41

30-2 JR-5

42

31

M-55

;

A

rajarajasa mahatasaAyasa). Zeus 1. ; holds in r. hand, wreath-bearing Nike; in 1., long sceptre.

holds

to

I.,

I'

"

"

^; "

)>

>>

tor.,

m

*!>.

>i

i>

A

"1,

»

»

))

..

o

7.

>)

A M

>(

[I.O.C.]

7 43

44

45

46

47

48

33

28-7

22 6

35-3

35-2

37-2!

M-6 JRQ

M-6

M

6

M

6

M-6

^.

»

11

I,

li

n

r.

"

»

»

»

jj

,,

>^.

"

"

)i

JJ

»

^.

"

»

j>

))

z

^.

»

J)

JJ

ji

ff

"

ij

JJ

«

J,

[I.

O.C]


..

77

AZES.

No.

Wt.

Metal.

Reverse.

Obverse.

Size.

BAZIAEflZ

BAZI-

AEnN MEFAAOY AZOV

The king

on

horseback whip.

49

32-

^•55

50

34-8

^•55

51

35-5

^55

52

34-3

^55

53

27-5

^•6

54

32-

^•6

to

r.,

A

»

M'.

;

r.,

holds

"K

tol.,

uncertain

letter.

A7

^-

tor.,

7

?,

n

>>

J)

»

)J

»

€.

>J

»

^.

„^

(Mdharajasa

rajarajasa mahaiasaAyasa). Zeus 1.; holds in r. hand, wreath-bearing Xike; in 1., long sceptre.

))

»J

)l

[1.0.

C]

[Most of the above coins are of base metal and very rude In nos. 16 and 46 the

execution.

{j3)

BAZIAEnZ

inscr. reads rajadirajasa\.

Silver; type, Poseidon.

BAZI-

AEnN MEFAAOY AZOY

horseback

55

138-

^•95

to

r.,

^

King ;

r.,

on

holds whip.

r

A/

{Mdharajasa

rajarajasa mahatasa Ayasd). Poseidon r. ; holds in 1. hand, trident.

to-l.,

1^;

to

r.,

'^

.

[PI. XVIII. 1.]


78

No.

QBEEK AND SCTTHIC KINGS OF BACTBIA AND INDIA.


AZSS.

...

79


80

No.

GREEK AND SOTTHIO KINGS OP BACTBIA AND INDIA.


AZES.

No.

81


.

82

No.

GREEK AND SOYTHIC KINGS OF BACTKIA AND INDIA.

Wt.

Metal.

Obverse.

Size.

BAZIAEIIZ

Reverse.

BAZI-

AEHN MErAAQY on AZdV King

T^7

r.,

horseback

105

37-6

M-G'

106

36-7

M-Q5

107

108

35-6

28-5

to

r.,

*+I

tol.,

.

7-

M-Q5

M-6

,,

uncertain

letter.

S;

tor., l¥l.

)J

»

JJ

"

JJ

J7

S;

(S) Silver; type.

BAZIAEnZ AZOY

King ;

Ml-05

110 143'

Ml-

111

34 '3

M-7

to

r.,

5

[I.

0.

C]

City?

BAZIr.,

r

on

A7

{Maharajasa

rajarajasa mahaiasa Ayasa). A City? 1.; holds in r. hand, object resembling a brazier ; in 1., palm

holds lance,

bound with

109 136-5

[PI. XVIII. 9.]

^.

AEflN MEPAAOY horseback couchsd.

(Maharajasa

rajarajasa mahatasd Ayasa). Pallas r. ; her r. hand advanced ; in her 1., spear and shield.

holds whip.

;

to

1.,

|tol.,

^;

fillet.

tor., >J7.

/^ 77;

tor.,

5.

[PI. xviii. 10.]

[PI XVIII. 11.]


AZES.

No.

83


84

No.

GUBBK AND SCTTHIC KINGS OP BACTRIA AND INDIA.


85

AZES.

wt.

Metal.

Reverse.

Obverse.

Size.

BAZlAEnZ BAZIAEflN MEfAAoY Hermes AZOY

"FA 7

1.,

wears chlamys advanced ; in

iE-75

to

1.,

Same

MK

hand

r.

;

cadu-

1.,

to

Lion

inscr.

1.,

^

to

;

^

r.,

.

[PI. XIX. 3.]

Similar.

r.

M-75 ^•65

(Maharajasa

rajarajasa mahatasa Ayasa). Demeter? standing 1., wears modius ; r. hand advanced ; in 1., comucopiae.

tol.,

ahove,

1^;

tor.,

^. "^.

[PI. XIX. 4.]

O ?.

^•65 (ff)

Bronze

;

type,

male

BAZIBAZIAEIiZ AEI2N MEfAAuY

AZdY

Female

deity.

"FA 7

deity,

{Maharajasa

rajarajasa mahatasa Ayasa).

clad in himation ; holds in raised r. hand, flower ; stands on lotus j beside her, lion 1 facing,

Humped

bull

r.

(Lakshmi V).

Ml-

to

1.,^-

to

(t)

BAZIAEnZ

Bronze

r.,

5

types, lion

;

dian bull

^X.

above,

Humped

r

In,

r.

and hdl.

BAZI-

AEHN MEPAAnY AZdY

[PI. XIX. 5.]

.

A7

(Maharajasa

rajadirajqsa mahatasa Ayasa).

Lion above,

r.

4^

.

V


86

No.

GBEEK AND SCYTHIO KINGS OP BACTBIA AND" INDIA.


J

.

.

87

AZES.

No.

wt.

Metal.

Eeyerse.

Obverse.

Size.

(k)

BAZIAEXIZ

Bronze

;

types, elephant

Elephant

r.

Ml-

158

iE-95

>i

159

Ml-

160

Ml-05

above,

A7

"F

(Maharajasa

rajadirajasa mahatasa Ayasa).

Humped 157

bull.

BAZI-

AEHN MErAAuY AZdY

and

A

bull

r.

above, uncertain letter.

It

rn.

!!

/R

7

JJ

5)

13

(inscr. rajarajasa).

>)

[I.O.C. PI. XIX.

^ m

161

Ml-

162

Ml-

7.

3j

»)

163

M-95

>>

)>

^

164

Ml-l

r*i

jj

»)

165

Ml-05

166

^1-05

„ /fv

167

^ro5

168

Ji:i-05

169

^•75

!i

7.]

(inscr. rajarajasa).

[I.O.C.]

n

7.

jj

7.

(inscriptions obscure).

[I.

0.

C]

[In several of the 'above coins the king's name appears as

AOZY AOZZY AZOY ,

,

,

is

and

misspelt, so forth.

and


88

rNo.

GREEK AND SCTTHIC KINGS OF BACTEIA AND INDIA.


AZES.

No.


.

90

No.

GREEK AND SCYTHIC KINOS OF BACTRIA AND INDIA.

Wt.

Metal.

Obverse.

Size.

Reverse.

BAZIAEnZ

BAzr-

AEHN MEfAAOY AZOV

Elephant

A7

{Maliarqjasu r rajarajasa maliatasa Ayasa).

r.

Humped 188

Ml-l

7.

above,

tor.,

BAZIAEnZ MEPAAOY AZOV Elephant

TA7 y^'^^ T^^'^^ mdhatasa Ayasa).

{Maliarajasa

Humped

r.

bull

r.

*[P1. XTX. 12.]

BAZIAEnZB]AZIAE

nNMErAAoYAE[ Lion

^•65

r.

VK.

M-i5

190

bull

above,

^^~^

TA7 {Maharaja

Ayasa).

Humped buU

r.

"V

n

above,

(o)

King

Corrupt legend

on horseback

Billon

;

;

r.,

1.

[L 0.

,

C]

semi-harbarous coinage.

TT'M'^

T*n~^ T^^^v^

TA7

holds in

hand ankus(?); before -* him, symbol

T::!^^^:^^

{Maharajasa maliatasa dhrami-

r.

Y

Icasa rajadirajasa

Ayasa).

City

and clad in chiton and peplum r. hand advanced

1.,

turreted,

;

in

191 14.54 '^-85

192 141-

^8

193 142-2

^-8

to

*

On most

1.,

of these coins there is

in the obverse field

1.,

;,

cornucopiae.

5;

tor.,

^.

[PI.

XX. 1.]

an appearance of various Indian letters which are not hero inserted, it being doubtfnl whether

they are not mere blunders.


91

AZTSS.

No.

Metal. \Vt.

EeTcrse.

Obverse.

Size.

King

Corrupt legend.

on horseback r.

hand ankus (?)

him, symbol

r.,

holds in

;

3;

TT'M'? Y*i~'-' t;::^*!'^'-' ta; T::i^^^"i {Maharajasa mahatasa dhrami-

before

;

City

Icasa rajadirajasa Aijasa).

.

and clad in chiton and peplum j r. hand advanced

1.,

turieted,

;

in

194 145-9

^85

195 131-5

^•8

196 148-2

^•85

197 144-

^•75

198 148-5

^-85

199 142-8

^•8

to

1.,

y

BAZIAEHZ

Billon

;

icith

to

r.,

r.,

;

beneath,

^.

sa strategasa jayatasa). Pallas r., armed ; her r. hand advanced ; in her 1. spear and shield ; behind,

y^.

,

to

r.,

and

AJA; to

y 1.,

uncertain

1..

202 150-9

,

T.

203 156-9

,

>l.

,

T.

'205 148-3

206 130-5

letter.

[PI. XX. 2.1

201 140-3

204 146-8

C]

iiame of Anpavanna.

star

tor.,

0.

(Indravarma putrasa Aspavarma-

horseback; holds ankus; behind him, bow on saddle

[T.

BAZI-

AEHN MEfAADY on AZnY King

85

;

f.

(it)

200 157-3

comucopiae.

1.,

J

J)


.

.

GREEK AND SCYTHIO KINGS OF BACTEIA AND INDIA.

92

No.

Wt.

Metal.

Reverse.

Obverse.

Size.

BAZIAEnZ

BAZI

AEHN MEfAADY on AZdY King r.,

(Indravarma putrasa Aspavarma-

horseback; tiolds ankus; behind him, bow on saddle

;

sa strategasa jayatasa). Pallas r., armed ; her r. hand advanced ; in her 1., spear and shield ; behind,

beneath, H^

star

207

157-2

^85

208 159-4

^9

209 150-

^•85

210 155-7

^•8

211 149-

M-8

to

r.,

S^

and v.

tor, /^;

.

»J

tol., C;.

J>

C]

)5

)>

„ uncertain

[I. 0.

letter.

AZES AND AZILISES. (a)

Silver.

BAZIAEHZ HMrAAOY AZAIZOY .

The king

.

on horseback j Jiolds bow.

31-7 Al-6

in front, \J

r

r.,

.

A/

(Maharajasa

[raiaraja']sa

maliatasa Ayatia). Zeus standing 1., diad. ; holds Nike and long sceptre.

tol.,

>M;

tor.,

7. [I.

0. C.

PI. XX. 3.]


.

;;

.

;

93

AZILISES.

No.

Wt.

Metal.

Reverse.

Obverse.

Size.

AZILISES. (a) Sillier; type, Zeus.

BAZIBAZIAEIIZ AEIIN MErAAOY The AZIAIZOY king in

r.

TT A 7

r., on horseback hand, ankus ; bow

Zeus

to

to

r.,

(/8)

BAZIAEnZ r.,

;

saddle.

yR105

150-4

A

33-3

to

1-05

r.,

1.,

A

to

;

(?)

r.,

wearing himation and long sceptre.

7

[PI. XX. 4.]

BAZI-

on horseback bow on holds ankus

146-2

diad.,

Silver ; type, Dioscuri.

AEXIN MEPAAOY The AZIAIZOY

king

r.,

holds wreath

on saddle.

U8-5 Ml-05

(Maharajasa

**1

rajadirajasa mahatasa Ayilishasa).

TT A 7

{Maharajasa

''I

rajadirajasa mahatasa Ayilishasa). The Dioscuri, facing; each wears Phrygian cap and chlamys, and holds spear and sword.

^ )t(

;

below,

t?

tol.,

^-65

>;

tor.,

JI

5J

'<3f.

Same

inscr.

XX. 5.]

»J

[LO.

Similar.

[PI.

One

C.

PI. XX. 6.]

of the Dioscuri,

facing, as above, but

bearded and

wearing chiton.

146-8

37-8

^1-1

to

r.,

m.

^-6

to

r.,

I'W

to

1.,

T

.

|tol.j*K.

[PI. XX. 7.j

[PI. XX. 8.]


94

No.

GREEK AND SCYTHIO KINGS OF BACTRIA AND INDIA.


;.

95

AZILISES.

No.

Wt.

Metal.

Reverse.

Obverse.

Size.

(S)

Bronze ; square

BAZIAEnZ BAZIAEHN MEFAAOY AZIAIEOY r.,

on horseback

lance couched.

23

^•9

24

7E-95

tor.,

^

5.

King ;

holds

;

type,

Herakles, diad. naked, seated 1. holds in r. hand club, which rests on knee. ,

tol.,

Same

^ ^. 1)

^85

above,

26

^•75

[PI. xxr. 1.]

»»

Elephant

inscr.

25

Similar.

korsehacJe.

(Maharajasa mahatasa A yilishasa)

»

Similar.

King on

^

r.

1$].

[I.O.C.

PI. XXI. 2.]

T"l~^ T^"l^"l T^"!'^^

TT'HA?

(Maharajasa

rajarajasa maliatasa Ayilishasa).

Humped above,

bull

^ Z

27

M-9

28

iEl-05

29

^E

-95

30

^1-1

iflS'-'.

.

r.

[PI. XXI. 3.]

[I.

O.C]


GREEK AND SCYTHIC KINGS OP BACTRIA AND INDIA.

96

No.

j

;

.

Wt.

Metal.

Reverse.

Obyerse.

Size.

BAZI- y^r^yj yvj-i^i-i Y^J^/V/^

BAZIAEnZ

AEHN MEfAAoY

AZIAIZOY on horseback

r.,

TT A 7 **1

King ;

holds

Humped

lance couclied.

31

^1-05

32

M-95

to

33

JE-9

(king to

^

above,

r.,

^P

AZIAIZOY

35

Ml-

36

^•85

(restruck coin).

(1)

standing.

BAZI

rT*nA7

The

advanced.

tor., C;.

(4i

{Maharajasa

rajadirajasa mahatasa Ayilishasa). Nike (?) r., un winged, clad in short chiton, with inflated veil over her head ; holds in r. hand wreath.

king(?) standing r., clad in helmet and cloak holds in L hand, shield

r.,

Ap.

Sronze ; square ; type, King

AEnN MEfAAOY

to

1.

1.)

BAZIAEnZ

34

bull

.

(c)

r.

(Maharajasa

rajarajasa mahatasa Ayilishasa).

to

1.,

'"K

[PI. XXI. 4.

;

to

r.,

uncertain

letter.

[I.

37

O.

C]

^•95

(X)

Bronze ; square ; other

BAZIAEnZ [BAZIAEHN MErA]AY AZIAIZY facing, self

;

r

Herakles,

crowning him-

holds in

1.

hand

types.

T A7 ''1

{Maharajasa

rajadirajasa mahatasa Ayilishana). Horse standing r.

club and lion's skin.

38

^9

39

M-9b

tol.,

^.

above,

%.

infield,

S' ^.

j-i.0 C.

Pl.xxi.5.]


.

97

AZ1LISE3.

No.

Wt.

Metal.

Reverse.

Obverse.

Size.

BAZIAEnZ BAZIAEHN MEPAA.Y AZIAIZ.Y

TT'^IA?

Male

(Mahamjasa

rajadirajasa mahatasa Ayilishasa). Lion r., looking hack.

facing, clad in himation, head turned to r. ; holds in r. liand, sceptre ; in 1., uncertain figure,

object.

40

^1-05

to

1.,

M

Inscr. obscure.

Elephant 1.

above,

Y.

Inscr.

6bscure

;

(Ayilishasa).

41

.^1-05

to

].,

mon.

PI. xxi. 6.]

[1.0. C.

ends

TT'^IA?

Humped

[I.

0.

hull

C]

1.


.

GREEK AND SOYTHIO KINGS OF BACTEIA AND INDIA,

98

No.

;

.,

wt.

Metal.

Beverso.

Obverse.

Size.

SPALAHOKES, WITH VONONES. (a) Silver.

BAZIAEHZ

BAZI-

MErAAOY ONHNOY King AEilN

on

horseback

;

{Maharaja

T^'V'iT'

r.,

hhrata dhrantikasa Spaldliorasq). Zeus, laur., facing, clad in hima^ tion ; holds thunderbolt and long

holds

lance couched.

sceptre.

144-5

Ml-05

37-5

3

37-3

M-7

4

38

M-65

5

37-8

tor.,

S.

to

S

r.,

to

BAZIAEHZ

1.,

PI. XXI. 7.]

T^'V'iT)

ONflNOY with

IB

BAZI{Maharaja dhramikasa Spalaliorasa). Pallas 1., wearing helmet; holds in r. hand, wreath in 1., spear and shield bound with fiUet sword slung round waist.

Herakles, facing ; holds in 1. hand, club and lion's skin;

and

8.]

Bronze; square.

AEHN MErAAOY

r.,

bJirata

crowns

;

himself.

M-8

O.C.

[PL XXI.

(j8)

M'85

[I.

to

1.,

K [PI. XXI. 9.]


.

.

;

SPALAGADAMES, WITH VONONES.

No.

Metal.

-wt.

99

Obvorae.

Size.

Reverse.

SPALAGADAMES, WITH VONONES. (a) Silver.

BAZIAEnZ

BAZI-

AEflN MEfAAOY

ONflNOY

King

on

;

horseback lance couched.

36-1

^•65

36-5

M-7

T7vp5 y.\/,

^'vriT* 8palalim-a T«-''l^«i7'

r.,

putrasa

holds

to

1.,

Spalagada-

TO [PI. XXI. 10.]

@.

36-8

36-2

dhramiasa

~masa). Zeus, facing, laur., clad in himation ; holds thunderbolt and long sceptre.

M-65

[T.

{j3)

0.

C]

Bronze; square.

BAZIAEnZ BAZI- T7M'5 y-\fi *TVH7' AEHN MEPAAOY Spalakora T'-'^3'*~17' ONflNOY

club

Herakles, holds in 1. hand, and lion's skin;

and

with

facing

putrasa dhramiasa SpalagadaPaUas 1., wearing helmasa). met ; holds in r. hand, wreath (?)

;

r.,

crowns

in

himself.

1.,

with

spear fillet

;

and shield bound sword slung round

waist.

iE-75

^•8

to

1.,

@ [PI. XXI. 11.]


;

GEEEK AND SCYTHIO KINGS OF BACTBU AND INDIA.

100

No.

Wt.

Metal.

Reverse.

Obverse.

Size.

SPALAGADAMES, WITH SPALYEIS. Bronze; square.

(a)

EnAAYPInC AIKAI- T;M'f r.\/r ^'VriT. YAAEA<|)nYTaY T'-'^3'rl7» Spalaliora King BACIAEWC r.,

putrasa

on horseback.

dhramiasa

Spalagada-

Herakles, diad., seated 1. on rocks ; holds in r. hand, cluh, which rests on knee. niasa).

M-S5

to

^•85

1.,

SPALIRISES

;

[PI. XXI. 12.]

I

El.

AS KING'S BEOTHER. (a) Silver.

BACIAEWC <l>OY

King

AAEA- T7S'5 .'V'Ti* ^^.'^v CnAAIPlCoY Tn'+1'^|7»

r., on horseback holds lance couched.

36-6

M-55

26-7

M-6

{Maharaja dhramiasa Spalirisagd). Zeus, facing, wearing himation holds thunderbolt and long sceptre.

;

hhraha

to

-

*

Or

.\7i

bhratrd.

V. Sallet writes

Bruder wird vou saojikuiidiger

[PI. XXII. 1.]

1.,

(p.

353), die

Form bhrahu

Seite fiir bereohtigt erklart.

fur


.

SPALIEISESJ AS KINO.

No.

Wt.

101

Metal.

Obverse.

Size.

Reverse.

SPALIKISES

;

AS KING.

(a) Bronze; square.

BAtlAEWN BACIAeoje:

mefaaqy

T

{Mdliarajasa n^'HT' nidhatakasa Spalirisasa). Zeus, radiate, seated 1. on throne ; r. hand extended ; in 1., sceptre.

CnAAIPICDY King, standing battle-axe

;

I. ;

bow

holds at bis

side.

iE-9

to

r.,

®

.^•9

^95

M

-9

[I.

M-9

®.

0. C.

[I.

0.

PI. ixii. 2.]

C]

* Restruck on copper of Vonones with Spalahorea or Spalagadames

Club

of

Herakles seen ou obv.

[7),

(?j.


GREEK AND SCYTHIO KINGS OP BAOTRIA AND INDIA.

102

No.

Wt.

Metal.

Reverse.

Obverse.

Size.

SPALIEISES,

WITH

AZES.

(a) Silv&r.

badaecoe: mefaAOY PnAAIPICOY King

r.,

r

on horseback;

A7

(Maharajasa

mdhdtahasa Ayasd).

Zeus, facing, clad in himation ; holds thunderbolt and long sceptre,

holds lance couched.

laur.,

37-7

M-6

to

37-8

34-5

1.,

ffl

to

;

»

Jl

if

)J

>1

r.,

T 13

»)

[I.

30-9

M-65

ij

J)

)>

.

0. C.

PL [I.

J>

XXII. 3.]

0.

C]

{0) Bronze ; round.

BACIACWC MEFAAOY inAAIPICOY King

r.,

iE-95

T/\/

oA horseback;

holds ankus.

mahdtaJcasa Ayasa). and arrow 1.

above,

®

,

{Maharajasa Strung bow

[PI. XXII. 4.]


;

103

G0ND0PHAEE3.

No.

Wt.

Metal.

RoTerse,

Obverse.

Size.

GONDOPHAEES. Sase

(a)

ailver ; type, Zeus.

BACIAELUIDAELUN

MEfAAl VMAOQPP The king r., on horsearm extended back

(^Maharaja rajadiraja tradata deZeus, vafrata* Oudapliarasa). naked to waist, standing r. ; r. arm extended ; in 1., long sceptre.

;

in front, 2.

.

144 -2

tol.,

#1;

tor., "1

1/.

[LO.C. 136-5

M-d5

BACIAEUJC BACIAEUJN &c.

inscr.

(j8)

BACIAe

Base

king, diad.,

142-

^95

143-

iR-9

to

[LO.C]

silver; type, Pallas.

M€rAA»

TNAO<|>EPPO ;

^'.

BACI-

.

A6WN back

„B;., :^

PI. XXII. 5.]

r,,

r.,

The

{Maharaja rajadiraja tradata devatrata Gfudapharasa). Pallas r., armed ; in her 1. ,hand, spear and shield j her r. advanced.

on horse-

3,

to

1.,

^

;

to

w

r.,

[PI. XXII. 6.]

BACIAEWC V qEqV VMAa oEPP

inscr.

Head

Inscr. barbarous.

of the king

r.,

diad.

'^'n"H£^

(MaJiarajasa

mdhatasa Oiidapharasa). r.,

and 37-6

^•45

38-5

^•45

fighting

holds

;

Pallas

thunderbolt

shield.

in field,

2

9-

.

[PI. XXII, 7.]

40-6 * Devatrdta, protected by the Gods.

Cunningham Demliada,

This word has been read by Gen,

as a rendering of ee6Tpoiros.


104

No.

;

;

.

GREEK AND SCYTHIC KINGS OF BACTEIA AND INDIA.

Wt.

Metal,

Obverse.

Size.

Reverae.

Base

(y)

silver ; type, Siva.

BACIACWC BACIAeWN M€rAAOY VNAO<|>6PPOY The king

1.,

(Maharajasa rajarajasa tradatasa devatratasa Cfudapharasa). Siva, facing ; holds in r. hand, trident in 1., palm.

on horse-

back ; r. hand raised ; behind him, Nike flying 1., holding wreath and

palm; to 146-2

1.,

^

.

M-95

to

1.,

6

;

to

^

r.,

y 137-4

^•95

below, T'

»

»

»

(A

BACIAEUIN BADAEUJM rDl/IAa4]A-

PdY

^•95

below, "^

[I.

))

for

^

146-7

.

.

.

to

1.,

1^

;

to

r.,

mon. O.C.

PI. XXII. 9.]

M-9 (S)

BA' The

Base

silver

Nike.

CIA€ AAOVVNAO<t>

on throne with back on the top of which il il

j

r.

hand

tol.,

* The missing letters look like

t This

coin, as well as

it

some

'*f ;

HM'

tor.,

mita

of those

(for

<|>.

mitra

[PI. XXII. 10.]

?).

which precede

it, is apparently but the nature of the types indiwas intended to pass among the debased silver coins of the

wholly or almost wholly cates ifcat

Nike

holds wreath and palm.

raised.

M-85

period.

type,

;

king, diad., seated

1.

t 12 108-5

C]

{Maharaja rajaraja maliatasa devatrata Gtidapharasd) Siva, facing ; r. extended ; in 1., trident.

[I.

11

O.

in inscr.)

T"i~w rj^^'n ^"l'^^^ TTH^iy "l\79*..

The king r., on horseback; holds ankus in extended r. hand; to

10 145-8

[PI. XXII. 8.]

.

made

of

copper

;


aONDOPHARES.

No.

105


;

Wt.

Metal.

EeTerae.

Obverse.

Size.

(ri)

diad., r.

r.,

hand

Base

silver ; with inser. Sasasa,

The king,

Inscr. corrupt.

on horseback

raised; to

r.,

S.

T^\79

23 U9-8 41'9

below,

h

to

;

r.,

24 1S3-4

^•85

25 138-

^•8

„ uncertain

148-

^-8

27 129-5

^•8

28 154-3

^•85

29

134-9 M-9,

»

Y

.

7 h.

l>

tt

letters.

'Y^'Y

(Sasasa).

standing

r. ;

tol.,

Similar.

r.

long sceptre

1.,

Zeus,

;

to L,

uncertain letter; tor.,

»>

O

;

II

j>

I)

^

i

-ii

II

II

II

II

II

II

)i

II

II

II

n^i

to

r.,

J^

?

AjA

A.

7h

A

;

diad.,

hand advanced

below,

II

(obscure),

T7^~w

T'T^v^

(Maharajasa *r'n'H^3* mahatasa devatratasa (devahadasa) Gadqpharaga) ; in ex.,

in

26

;

.

GREEK AND 8CYTHIC KINGS OP BACTRIA AND INDIA.

106

No.

.

(obscure).

T'Y'i^.V"! T*y"i~'^

,

T^TH^y rajadirajasa

(Maharajasa Gadajpharasa);

TTT

in ex., (Sasasa). Zeus in extended r. hand.

Mke 30 152-5 41-8

to

r.,

7

,

tol.,

1^;

tor.,

B.

[I.O.C. 31

151-8 41-85

32

150-7 41-8

I.

;i

,1

,1

>>

I!

II

2!

1.;

'

PI. XXII. 13.1 [I.

0.

C]


.

107

ABDAQASES,

No.

Wt.

;

Metal.

Obverse.

Size.

Keverse.

ABDAGASES. (a)

Copper ; as King.

BACIA€WC CWTHPOC A[BAAr]ACoV Bust of the king r.,

(Tradatasa maharajasd AvadagaNike r., holding wreath and palm.

diad.

sasa).

iE-85

[PI. XXIII. 1.]

M-i5

to

1.,

uncertain letters,

M-9

M-9

BACIA6YC

(inscr.

CWTHP....)(fi)

BasesilvBf; as King's

BASIAEYaNTnS BA^IAEWNr AB(The AAPA^QY BA of Abdagases' name

iiepkev).

Tni'<;77 Y^iCX (^Gadapharabhradaputrasa mahatajasa tradatasa Avadagasasa)i Zeus, standing r. holds sceptre r. hand advanced.

read sometimes as the

:

first letters

of

EYdNTdS ter

BASIA;

the

which foUows

5IAEflN

is

let-

BA-

uncertain

[lorS?]). The king 1., on horseback ; iii front,

150-

M-85

155-5

M-9

toL, ?.

to

1.,

V^

;

to

r.,

T

Zr

[PI. XXIII. 2.]

7 il501 Jl-85

)*

)j

II

I'

II

"


1U6

No.

GREEK AKD BCiii

ST =..oii.^d

AND

INDIA.


;

109

ORTHAGNES.

Metal.

No.

Wt.

Reverse.

Obverse.

Size.

OETHAGJSTES. (a)

BACIA6VC

BACI-

M€rAC oPGArNHC Bust AeU)N

of the king

Bronze.

1.,

."l^T

T"i~^

^V^:S

{Maharajasa rajadirajasa makatasa Gudaphara sagaba ?).* Nike r. holds wreath and palm.

diad.

.

wears torquis.

;

^9

tol.,

^

^;

tor., >F, [PI. XXIII. 9.]

Ml 05

i>

»)

11

V

^•95

M-9

;

(last letter of

inscr. absent).

M-9 ^1-05

jj

inscr.

B

ends

OPOAFN

.

MerAAOY oPGArNoY

to

1.,

uncertain letter

Illegible inscr.

J>

))

SI

yy

;

to

r.,

J

.

Similar type.

Similar.

^•95

tol.,

H';

tor., ^-'.

Gen. Otmningham's reading sagaba he supposes to stand for On no. 2 of the British Musenm coins there is another letter at the end, which looks like Q^ (rea or da), but which may be a badly

* This

sagarbha,

formed

is

'

brother.'

f.

:


;

.

110

No.

GREEK AND SCYTHIO KINOS OP BAOTHIA AND INDIA.

Wt.

Metal.

Obverse.

Size.

Reverse.

PACOEES. (a) Bronze.

BACIAGYC

BACI-

A6WN

M€rAC

DAKOPHC

T^Jr/y TS^*-*

Bust of

the king I., -wears quis ; behind, star.

(Maha-

rajasa rajadirajasa mahatasa Pa-

tor-

Nike

Icurasa).

1. ;

holding wreath

and palm.

^•95

to

1.,

uncertain letter

to

;

r,,

lA,

[PI. xxiii. 8.]

^-85

I

11

1

^1-

uncertain letter

Ml-

»

t;

uncertain letter

MlM-9

ZElOJSriSES. (a) Silver

CATPAPY Z€

.

.

whip

139-4

Ml-05 Ml-05

beneath,

r.,

in

;

bow

;

saddle

157-6

The king

I/IDOY

horseback

;

to

n

r.

on

type.

(^Mani'i\giblasa chhatrapasa putrasa chhatrapasa Jihuniasa). King r., facing a City who wears mural crown, and holds wreath and cornucopiae.

to letters.

T-i^c

TA\Y

T7-921I

to

.

horseback.

y\^ yh\y

%?

„ / and other

King on

hand

tied

r.,

*^

;

1

..

,

^ ..

-,

to

r.,

.,

Tj ,,

.

[PI. xxiii. 4.] [I.

0.

C]


..

;

Ill

ZEIONISES.

No.

Wt.

Metal.

Keverse.

Obverse,

Size.

(|3)

Bronze ;

types, lion

and

hull.

]AOYYIYCATPAn[ Humped

^1-

to

r.,

IduII

r. ;

above,

{[Mani^* gulaputrasa chhatrapasa Lion r. Jihuniasd).

T

to

1.,

4\

;

to

3

r.,

below,

;

2

[PI. xxiii. 5.]

Ml-

I>

?.

J>

>>

UXCEETAIN KINGS, Bronze; square.

(a)

Greek

Illegible

King

r.,

and

sometimes is

the

;

{chhatrapasa)

%

Lion

visible.

visible.

inscription

P\/[ T*\iA (pufrasa)

words

;

PA n and XAPANIU

Indian

inscrip- Illegible

in which sometimes the word CAT-

tion

sometimes

r.

on horseback

lance couched.

1

^1-

2

^1-

3

^1-

4

^•85

J)

5

iK'8

)i

6

^8

to

r.,

above, iT

ll

))

T.

»

* Or mahigulasa. Zeioniaes.

mens

This

is

r.,

X ?)

3j

ff

a

))

n

7*

.

[PI. XXIII. 6.]

is

[L 0.

C]

)1

supposed to give us the name

The word Jihuniasa

in bronze.

to

J)

J)

o

;

of the father of

not clear on any British

Museum

speci-


GREEK AND SCTTHIO KINGS Or BACTRIA AND INDIA.

112

No.

Wt.

Metal. Size.

Reverse.

Obverse.

(0) Bronze; round.

M-^ 8

15

16


;

SANABARES.

No.

Wt.

113

Metal.

Reverse.

Obverse.

Size.

SANABAEES. (a) Silver.

Bust of the king

1., wearing tiara of late Parthian form, and torquis;

BACIAEYC MErAC CANABA King dressed

behind, A^ 11 (ath).

58-5

^•75

in Parthian style,

on throne with back holds bow. seated

in front,

r.

7\

above,

;

FIT.

[PI. xxrii. 10.]

(j8)

Head

of the king

1.,

Bronze diad.

;

Parthian

seated

M-eb

CANABAPHC

BAEIIAE

Inscr. (?)

class.

on

r.

stool

;

[PL

in front, Fl.

King

holds bow.

xxiii. 11.]

.^•65

A

^6

n.

(y) Bronze

BAZIA6YZ rupt). 1.,

^•85

.

.

.

?

(cor-

Bust of the king

wearing

;

Baetrian

(barbarous).

class.

EANAKAPOY holds wreath.

tiara.

[PI. XXIII. 12.]

Nike

r.,


114

No.

GBEEE AND SCYTHIC KINGS OP BACTRIA AND

INDIA.


BASILEUS SOTER MEGAS.

No.

115


GEBEK AND SOYTHIO KINGS OF BACTRIA AND INDIA.

116

No.

Wt.

Metal.

ObTsrse.

Size.

Keverse.

Bust of the king to

r.,

diad. j

r.,

'^'.

]BACrA[€WN]CaJTHPM[ Zeus, standing 1. ; holds in thunderbolt over altar; in

r.

hand,

1.,

scep-

tre.

23

M-7

U

M-1

25

M-1

(inscr.

.

.

.

Bust of the king 1., wearing crested helmet ; in r. hand, lance lillet :

BACIAEYWM

).

[PI. XXIV. 5.]

BACIA€V BACIA€VW[N CjvuTHP M€rAC

horseback

r.,

King on

holding ankus

;

to

border.

26

^95

27

^95

to

1.,

>j

-^

)>

;

to

r.,

"^

))

,

[I.

?)

0. C.

PI. XXIV. 6.]

HEEAtJS (EEAtJS). (a) Silver,

Bust of the king

r.,

diad.

fillet-border.

TY/ANNdYNTdC H/AnY ZAM A Md/ZANqY* The king

r.,

quiver ]S"ike r.,

184 '4

^1-2

in field * As

r.,

on horseback; bow and to saddle; Jbehind, crowning him.

tied

B

.

[PI. xxiv. 7.]

to this legend, sec Introduction.


HYECODBS.

No.

117


118

No.

GEBEK AND SCYTHIC KINGS OF BACTBIA AND INDIA.


UNCERTAIN KINGS.

No.

119


120

No.

GREEK AND SOYTHIC KINGS OP BAOTEIA AND INDIA.

Wt.

Metal. Size.

Reverse.

Obverse.

HEEMAEUS AND KADPHI8ES (a)

M-9

M

9

10

Copper

;

type of

rev.,

Herdkles.

I.


HERMAEUS AND KADPHISBS.

...

121


.

122

No.

;

GREEK AND SCYTHIC KINGS OP BACTRIA AND INDIA.

Wt.

Metal.

Obverse.

Size.

Reverse,

KADPHISES (a)

r.,

Copper ; type, Herahles.

Bust of

Inscr. as below.

Hermaeus

I.

diad.

Jcasasa

kushanayavugasa dhra{dhay

mathidasa). Herakles, facing, diad. holds in r. hand, club; in L, lion's skin.

^•95 KaPCNAKoZDVAn-

KAA^ilZaV iE-95

KnznVADKAAcpl-

in field,

5

^85

KDPDMAKDZaVAa

1

y *1

MDKAActllCHOH

h

AAcplZ

[I.

C]

0.

iE-9

^•9

.

[I.

Zav

^9

*1

0. C. PI. xxv.

(inscr. varied).

.

[PI. xxv. 4.J

(inscr. varied),

uncertain letter.

)J

ctilZQVKaAL

iE-9

K.ZQYAaKAA ZV

^•85

inscr.

blundered.

it. X.

3.]

[I.

0.

C]

[I.

0.

C]

J>


KADAPHES.

No.

123


124:

Nd.

GREEK AND SCYTHIO KINGS OP BiCTRIA AND INDIA,


;;

KADPHISES

No,

Wt.

Metal.

.

125

11.

Reverse.

Obverse.

Size.

BACIAEYCOOH MO KAA<1)ICHC

Simi-

king wears diadem, but not helmet. lar,

^£\

T^^^'-''5«'

(Maha.

rajana rajadirajasa, sarvaloga isvarasa mahisvarasa himalmpisasa tradata), last letters obscure. Siva facing, wears headdress and drapery over shoulder ; holds trident in r. hand; behind him bull i to

123-2

y

1.,

^75 Same

Similar.

PI. XXV. 8.]

0. C.

[I.

letters

(last

inscr.

obscure).

Siva facing, head 1. ; holds in r. hand, trident and battle-axe combuied; in 1., gourd j tiger-skin on arm ; hair arranged in spiral 1.

form 120-

;

to

^•7

I.,

Xy

[I.

Same

',

0.

to

r.,

1^

.

C]

Tipper part Similar

inscr.

of the king

emerging from clouds, wears diadem and helmet sur-

mounted

1.,

by

trident

holds in r. hand, clab in 1., elephant-goad ; to [I.

122-

Q. C.

PI. XXV. 9.]

121-2

Same

Tipper part Similar.

inscr.

of the king r., emerging from clouds, wears diadem and helmet sur-

mounted holds in tol.,

121-2 i^-85 122-4

^•8

T?.

by r.

trident

hand, club [I.

0.

C."]


.

,

126

No.

GREEK AND 8CYTHIC KINGS OF BACTRIA AND

Wt.

INDIA.

Metal.

Reverse.

Obverse.

Size.

BACIAEYC00H[ MO Head

KAA<|)ICHC

wearing helmet and diadem; within of king

r.,

square frame.

10

30-5

to

;

1.,

^

;

to

r.,

3^?

[PI. XXV. 10.]

BACIACVC

Silver ; type, king standing.

BACI-

M€rAC

A€(jON

oohMO KAA«I>IChC The king standing

wearing diadem

1.,

and helmet, at altar

to

;

sacrificing

trident

I.,

and axe combined; club and

56-5

bined

W-45

(/8)

11

{Maharaja rajadiraja hima TcapiTrident and battle-axe com-

sasa).

tor.,

^

'n£

Ml

[I.

[This coin, which

is

{Maharajasa rajadira-^

1,

jasa sarvaloga iwara mahisvara Siva himakapisasa tradata). facing; wears headdress and drapery over shoulder ; holds trident in r. hand ; behind, him, bull r.

0. C.

PI. XXV. 11.]

quite genuine, is the only

known specimen

of the class in silver.]

Copper ; type, king standing.

(y)

[Inscription on both sides varied

and incomplete in various

specimens.]

BACIA€VC A€CjON

BACI-

CWTHP OOHMO

M€rAC

KAA<I>ICHC king altar

1., ;

to

1.,

trident

axe combined; to

and

12

13

^M ^M

^.

The

sacrificing

r.,

at

and club

"I

£X

Tn^

^v-»')J.

(^Maha.

rajasa rajadirajasa, sarvaloga isvarasa mahisvarasa himakapisasa tradata). Siva facing, holding trident ; drapery hanging at his

back ; behind him, bull ; to [I.

O. C.

1.,

PI. XXV. 12.]

X^.

.


.

KADPHISES

Wt.

127

II.

Metal.

Obverse.

Size.

Reverse.

BACIA6VC

BACI-

CCDTHP

Aâ‚ŹOaN

OOHMO

Mâ‚ŹrAC

KAA<|)ICHC king altar

;

The

sacrificing

1.,

to

1.,

trident

at

and

axe combined; to r.,club

and

^

.

^1-05

^LXT^^Tj ^'f'

(Maha.

rajasa rajadirajasa, sanaloga isvarasa mahisvarasa Mmakapisasa Siva facing, holding tradata). trident ; drapery hanging at his

back

;

behind him, buU ; to

1.,

l^f

[I.O.C]

^1-1 ^1-1 ^1-05

^1-25

(twice struck).

Ml^1-05

^1-1

M 1-05 ^1-15 Ml-l'o

^1-1

^1-

in inscr. T\~\'2^ betveeen second and third words.


GEEEK ANB SCYTHIC KINGS OP BACTEIA AND INDIA,

128

No.

27

28

35

Wt.

Metal. Size.

iE-85

Obverse.

Beverse.


;

129

KANERKES.

No.

Wt.

Metal. Reverse.

Obverse.

Size.

KANEEKES. Gold ;

(a)

BACIA6YC

inscription, /Saa-iXivs /Sao-iXeW.

CAAHNH

BACI

A€WN

KANHP-

KOY The king L, wearing helmet and diadem, clad in coat and trousers,

and

cloak, sa-

from

holds in

1.

round waist

^

1.,

;

.

hand, spear.

121-8 j;r-8

[I.

Bronze

(j8)

;

0. C.

PI. XXVI. 1.]

inscription, /SacrtXeis /JatrtXeW.

BACI HAIOC

BACIA€YC

KANHP-

A€(ON

KOY

to

;

flames shoulders

crificing at altar rise

Selene* (male) L, and himation; crescent behind shoulders ; r. hand advanced ; holds in 1. long sceptre, bound with fiUet ; sword girt diad., clad in chiton

The king

as

Helios 1., diad., clad in chiton and himation ; radiate disk

behind head

above. I.

^9

on hip

[I.

j

to

0. C.

;

r.

1.,

hand advanced

tJ

;

PI. XXVI. 2.J

M-9

NANAIA

Similar.

Nanaia

r.,

nimbate and

holds in r. hand sceptre ending in forepart of horse ; to diad.

M-9

;

[I.

0. C.

PI. XXVI. 3.]

M-85

M-9 * The figure inscribed

of Selene is identical -with that

MAO

;

it is

which appears on the coin

that of a male moon-deity.


;:

;

130

No.

GEEEK AND SCTTHIC KINGS OP BACTEIA AND INDIA.

Wt.

Metal.

Reverse.

Obverse.

Size.

(y)

Gold

;

inscription,

PAONANOPAOKA NhPKIKoPANO The king standing

PAON ANO

A0PO

Bearded deity,

1.,

dem, clad in coat and trousers, and cloak flames rise from his shoulders ; he holds in

tion ; in 1., tol.,

fire-god,

1.,

clad in' chiton and himaholds in r. hand, wreath

diad.,

wearing helmet and dia-

&c.

which

rests

on

hip, tongs;

^.

hand elephant-goad over altar ; in his 1., spear ; sword at his r.

Tvaist.

122-8

[PI. XXVI. 4.]

121-9 27-7

Similar.

PI. XXVI. 5.]

APAOXPO

Female figure r., wearing modius and nimbate, clad in chiton and himation ; holds cornucopiae

13

O. C.

[I.

to

;

122-8 -^-8

r.,

^J

.

[PI. XXVI. 6.]

Similar.

A Poo AC no

Bearded deity

r.,

diad., clad in sleeved tunic; holds in r.

r.,

hand, wreath

;

beside him, horse

saddled, trotting

120-2

;

io\.,X$

[PI. XXVI. 7.]

122

(same die).

(same die).

Simil9,r.

BOAAO

[I.

0.

C]

Buddha, facing, nimbate, and himation; r. advanced ; in 1., wallet

clad in chiton

hand

tor, ty. 16

109-2

•

^-8

[I.

0. C.

PI. XXVI. 8.]


;

;;

1

KANEBKES.

No.

Wt.

131

Metal.

Obverse.

Size.

Reverse.

MAO

PAONANOPAOKA NhPKIKoPANO The king standing

Male

(moon-god) 1., and himation

deity

diad., clad in chiton

behind

crescent

].,

shoulders

hand advanced; holds in sceptre, bound with fiUet

wearing helmet and. diadem, clad in coat and

and cloak flames rise from his shoulders ; he holds in r. hand elephant-goad trousers,

girt

round waist

to

;

r.

long

sword

;

\f

1.,

;

1.,

.

over altar ; in his 1., spear; sword at his waist.

17 121 9

.^75

18 122-3

N-8

[PL

9.]

(no sword).

Similar.

M€IPO

Mithras, diad. and with

radiate disk,

to

1. ;

hand ad-

i.

vanced ; in 1., sceptre bound with fillet ; sword girt round waist 19 118-

to

^•8 Similar.

20 122-3

M

1

1.,

X^

PO

.

Mithras, to

vanced

;

waist

to

;

N-8

1.

1.

rests

t5

1.

;

r.

on hip

;

hand adsword at

[PI. XXVI. 10.]

Similar.

NANA

Nanaia r., nimbate and head surmounted by crescent ; holds sceptre ending in forepart of horse, and patera; diad.,

to r,

21

123-2 Jf-8

Similar.

^

NANAPAO Nanaia

22 120-3

30-2

;

to

Similar r.,

(sword at waist).

23 122-2 24

.

^5

XJ

figure

of

[PL xxvi.

[I.O. C.

PL

11.]

XXVI. 12.]


132

No.

GREEK AND SCTTHIC KINGS OP BACTRIA AND INDIA.


;;

; ;

.

133

KANERKES.

No.

Wt.

Metal.

Reverse,

Obverse.

Size.

Later period.

A]PAOKPO PAO NANOPA[0 [KA]NHPKOKOPANO on throne, The king standing altar,

nimbate

;

1.

at

holds

r.

hand over altar in 1., spear bound with fillet to ]., trident bound with

footstool

;

nucopiae

Goddess, seated facing

nimbate ; tinder holds wreath and to

feet,

cor-

^

1.,

;

fillet.

33

30-6

^•5 (S)

PAOKA NhPKI

Bronze;

The

king, clad as in last class,

standing holds in r.

by altar hand spear

1. 1.

extended over

PI. XXVI. 19.]

[I.

0. C.

inscr.

PAO

A0PO r.

Sfe.

Bearded deity

hand, wreath

on

hip, tongs

(?)

in

;

to

;

1.

;

holds in

which

1.,

1.,

^

rests

.

altar.

[PI. XXVII. l.J

34 35

Ml-

36

iEl-05

inscr. barbarous.

OAYOBOY

Similar.

Buddha

facing,

nim-

CAKAMA

bate: his r. hand raised as in teaching ; in 1., wallet to

37

^•85

38

^•9

1.,

^

.

[PI. XXVII. 2.] [I.

0.

C]

M AO

Male deity 1., clad as king crescent behind shoulders; r. hand advanced ; in 1., long sceptre

Similar.

bound with

fiUet:

sword

IXU

to

39

^1-05

40

^1-05

41

M

-85

king nimbate

;

to

1,,

fj

.

1.,

t7 [PL XXVII.

3.]

deity does not hold sceptre.

at waist:


134

No.

GREEK AND SCYTHIO KINGS OP BACTRIA AND INDIA,


KANEBKES.

No.

135


;

GEEEK AND 8CYTHI0 KINGS OP BAOTRIA AND INDIA,

136

No.

;

Wt.

Metal.

Reverse.

Obverse.

Size.

HOOEEKES. (a)

PAONANOPAOO Upper part of king 1., emerging from clouds is diad. and nimbate wears

conical

Gold.

A0OPO

Hephaestus standing r., flames rising from shoulders holds hammer and tongs ; to r.,

helmet

and coat of mail holds ear of corn and spear.* ;

121-5

^•8

[PI, XXVII. 8.]

PAONANOP AOOOh AGPO PKIKO 123-5

Similar.

SimUar.

W-85

PAONANOPAOOO hPKIKOPANO

Similar

;

symbol to

1.

Similar.

120-9

^-85

SunUar.

APA€IXPO

Sun-god L, diad. and with radiate disk ; r. hand advanced, and two fingers raised ; 1. rests

123-5

^-85

122-8 A'

on hip

;

to

1.,

5t

[PI. ixvii. 9.]

-9

[I.

*

It

has been judged imneoessai-y

to describe at

king's coBtome in this and other coins.

0.

C]

length the details of the


;

HOOKKKES.

No.

Wt.

137

Metal.

Obverse.

Size.

ReTerae,

PAONANOPAO oo hPKIKoPANO

APAOXPO Greek

Upper

part of king 1., emerging from clouds diaJ. and nimbate wears conical helmet

Female deity

attire ;

cornucopiae

;

r.,

in

holds in both hands to

r.,

JQ

and coat of mail ; holds ear of corn and spear. 6 •

124-5 Jf-8

7 122

[PI. xxvii. 10.]

.^85

8 122-5 Jf-8 9

10

122-4 J^-8 58-3

to

r,, fire (?).

^•8

(plated)

W-85

inscr.

12 123-5

W-85

type

30-6

^•55

11

13

122-

inscr.

APAOXPA. and symbol

1.,

PAONANO OOh

PAONANO PAOO

[1.

[I. 0.

to

1.

C]

[I. 0.

C]

0. e.]

Similar.

OhPKIKOPANO Upper part of king 1., emerging from clouds, diad. ; wears rounded helmet ; holds ear of

com and 14 122-5

elephant-goad,

W-85

15 120-7

deity with modius and nimbus, inscr.

OYOhPKI

for inscr.

O^OASA-

OOhPKI. le 120-6 J^-8 17

type

1.,

and symbol

to

1.

deity with modius and nimbus.

30 6 Jf'5

[PI. XXVII. 11.]

PAONANOPAO oohPKOKOPANO

Similar.

Deity with modius and

nimbus.

The king

r., riding on elephant ; holds sceptre and elephant-goad.

181120-9 jV-8

[PL XXVII.

12.1


;

GREEK AND SCYTHIO KINGS OP BACTBIA AND

138

No.

Wt.

Metal.

obscure. part of king

Upper

Inscr.

1.,

INDIA.

Reverse.

Obverse.

Size.

. ;

.

emerg-

AOXPO

Female

figure

1.,

nimbate

holds wreath and comucopiae

;

to

ing from clouds, diad. 9rears

rounded helmet;

holds ear of corn and elephant-goad.

19 122-6

^•8

[PL

XXVII. 13.]

20 123-3 'n-8

PAONANOPAOOO hPKIKOPANO

MIOPO

Female deity r., diad. and nimbate, in Greek attire; holds

Upper

comucopiae in both hands

1.,

^-

part of the king emerging from clouds, diad. and nimbate wears conical hehnet and chlamys "over ar-

mour; holds corn and spear. 21

123-

^8

com and

hPAKIAO king

Bearded Heracles 1., naked; holds in r. hand, club; over

Upper

part of the king emerging from clouds, diad. ; wears rounded helmet; holds ear of ,

com and

-75

;

to

1.,

in

1.

^

[PI. XXVII. 15.]

1.

.AT

arm, lion's skin;

spear.

PAONANOPAOO ohPKIKOPANO

24 112-7

1.

hand, apple

.AT -8

W-8

r..

[PI. XXVII. 14.]

seated cross-legged to 1., diad. and nimbate ; flames rising from shoulders ; -wears conical helmet, and holds ear of

23 125-5

to

of

ear

PAONAr/oPA OOOhPKI The

22 123-3

;

MAAChNO

Male deity (Mahisend) facing, nimbate and diad., clad in coat and chlamys ; holds in r. hand, standard surmounted

by bird ; in

L,

sword

;

to

1.,

elephant-goad. fl.

O. C.

PI. xxvii. 16.]

^


;

.

.

HOOERKBS.

No.

Wt.

139

Metal.

Obverse.

Size.

BeTerse.

PAONANOPAOO OhPKIKOPANO Upper

part of the king emerging from clouds, diad. ; wears rounded helmet ; holds ear of 1.,

com and elephant-goad.

MANAOBAPO

Moon-god

facing,

seated on throne; feet resting on footstool ; wears helmet ; crescent behind shoulders ; has four arms and hands, in three of which he grasps sceptre, wreath ? and fire 1, fourth hand rests on hip ; to r..

^. N-1b

25

122

26

122-5 AT

[PI. xxvii. 17.]

-8

PAONANOPAOO OhPKIKOPANO

wreath

1.,

waist

ear of

122-3

Moon-god L,

com and

crescent behind clad in coat ; holds and sceptre; sword at

shoulders

Upper

part of the king emerging from clouds, diad. and nimbate wears conical helmet and coat of mail ; holds

27

M AO

to

;

[PI. XXVII. 18.]

M AO

Similar.

Moon-god 1.,

shoulders

chlamys

29

123-2 A" -8

MAO in

122-6

r.

hand

[I.

Similar.

30

crescent behind in chiton and holds sword in 1. ;

clad

;

;

wreath in 122-2 A^-86

^

1.,

spear.

A'' -85

28

;

^•85

1. ;

[I.

PAONANOP AOOOhPKO

MAO Similar

0.

;

to

^.

1.,

C]

Moon-god 1. ; holds sceptre r. hand advanced ; to 1.,

PL

0. C.

Moon-god

tended

;

in

1.,

XXVII. 19.]

r,

1.;

sword

;

hand

to

1.,

type.

31

30-2 AT -5

[I.

0. C.

PI. XXVII. 20.]

ex-

7^


.

GREEK AND

140

No.

Wt.

AND

SOi'THIO KINGS OP BACTEIA

Metal.

PAONANOPAOO ohPKlKoPANO

;

INDIA.

Reverse.

Obverse.

Size.

.

MAO in

1.

Upper

Moon-god hand ;

to

holds sceptre

1. ;

^

1.,

part of the king 1. emerging from clouds, diad. ; wears rounded helmet, and chlamys over armour ; holds ear

.

,

of com goad.

32 120"

and elephant-

^•9 Similar,

MAO in

121-2

r.

Moon-god hand

^•8

;

to

1.

holds sceptre

;

^

1.,

[PI. XXVII. 21.]

122-5

[I.

Similar.

MAO

Moon-god

tended

C]

0.

1.;

r.

hand ex-

in

1.,

sceptre, held trans-

versely; to

1.,

5^.

;

122-4 iir-75 121-2

sceptre

121-2 N--8 123-

hound with

(inscr.

Similar.

M AO

[PI. XXVII. 22.]

i;r-85

fillet.

MAOO). Moon-god

tended

;

r.

1. ;

sword in

1.

;

to

hand 1.,

ex-

^

122-8 iV-85 121-4 N'-S

(inscr.

Similar.

MAO

MAOO). Moon-god

r.,

in r, hand, wreath

to

411 122-

^--8

r.,

;

diad.; holds in 1., sceptre

^. [PI. XXVII. 23.]


;

1

, .

1

141

HOOEEKES.

No.

Wt.

Metal.

Reverse.

Obverse.

Size.

PAONANOPAOO ohPKIKOPANo

Bearded moon-god r., diad. ; crescent behind shoulders; holds in r. hand, Upper part of the king sceptre, bound with fillet ; in 1.. elephant-goad: and sun-god 1., ra]., emerging from clouds, diad. ; wears rounded diate;' r. hand advanced;- in 1., helmet, and chlamys sceptre, bound with fillet ; behind and over armour ; holds ear the two, the names of corn and elephantbetween PO respectively 1

MAO

M

goad. ,

;

^

them,

42 121-1 j;r-s

[PI. xxvii. 24.]

PAONANOPAOOO hPK€KOPANO Upper

part of the king emerging from clouds, diad. and nimbate flames rising from shoulders wears conical helmet ; holds ear

M

1

PO

Sun-god

and

wreath waist

;

to

1.,

nimbate ; holds sword at ;

sceptre

pQ

I.,

.

1.,

;

of corn

43 123-

i^-85

44 122-3

^-85 Similax

45 123-

;

and

no

spear.

flames.

MOPO wreath

Sun-god 1., radiate ; holds and sceptre ; sword at

waist

to

^•8

;

;

to

1.,

^

[I.

; king holds standard instead of spear.

MiOPO

.

0.

C]

Sun -god 1., diad. and nimbate; holds wreath and sword; to

122-8 J^-8.

.

Sun-god 1., radiate holds wreath and sceptre, bound with

^•8 Simila,r

47

J^

MIOPO fiUet

121-7

1.,

[PI. XXVIII. l.J

Similar.

46

;

1.,

^


;

142

No.

.

.

.

;;

.

GREEK AND SCYTHIC KINGS OF BACTBIA AND INDIA.

Wt.

Metal.

Beverse.

Obverse.

Size.

PAONANOPAOOO hPKIKOPANO

MIYPO

Sun-god

radiate

Upper

part of the king 1., emerging from clouds, diad. and nimbate wears conical helmet holds ear of corn and

to

1.,

1 1

PO

and

diad.

1.,

holds wreath and sword

;

;

5Q

spear.

48 122-2

^•9

M

Similar.

Sun-god

spear and sword

49 121-3 iir-85

[I.

PAOOOh

Similar.

50

^•5

OOOhPKI

PL xxvm.

0. C.

PL

Sun-god

XXVIII. 3.]

L, radiate

wreath and sceptre

;

to L,

of the king 1., emerging from clouds, diad. ; wears rounded helmet; holds ear of

com and

[L 0.

PAONANOPAOOY OhPKIKOPANO Similar. .AT -8

122-8

^•8

5.3

PAONANOPAO OOhPKIKOPANO 54

122-2

N-85

MIOPO

holds

C]

Sun-god

1.,

radiate;

r.

hand holds spear ; L grasps sword tol.,

^. [I. 0.

Similar.

;

^

elephant-goad.

30-7 i^-55

52 120-8

holds

2.]

part

51

;

^

^.

M lOPO TJpper

r.,

Sun-god I., nimbate; r. hand advanced ; in 1., sceptre

[I.

PAONANOPA

to

MYPO toL,

30-2

0. C.

radiate

r., ;

C]

MIOPO

Sun-god hand holds spear ; sword at waist ; to

[PL

L, radiate; r. 1.,

rests

^

XXVIII. 4.]

L

on hip


HOOBRKES.

No.

143


.

144

No,

;;;

.

.

.

;

GREEK AND SCYTHIC KINGS OP BAOTRIA AND INDIA.

Wt.

Metal.

ReverBe.

Obverse.

Size.

PAONANOPAO oohPKIKoPANO Upper part of king 1., emerging from clouds; diad. and nimbate wears conical helmet

OMI/\ diate

Sun-god advancing L, ra^ r. hand advanced ; 1. holds

;

sword

to

;

1.,

^

holds ear of corn and spear.

26-

N-5

69

28-8

70

30-2 J^-55

[I.

PAONANoPAooo hPK€KoPANp Upper

part of king I., emerging from clouds, diad. and nimbate flames rise from shoulders ; wears conical helmet; holds ear of corn

and 71

122-3

C]

[I. 0.

HPO

0. C.

PI, xsviii. 6.]

(M€IPO?)

Artemis stand-

ing r., clad in long chiton and himation ; holds in 1. hand, bow and with r., draws arrow from quiver

to

;

r.,

p^

.

spear.

W-85

[PI. xxvni. 7.]

PAONANOPAOOO hPKIKOPANO Upper

part of king 1., emerging from clouds, diad. and nimbate wears conical helmet holds ear of corn and

NANA

Nanaia 1., wears stephane holds sceptre, ending in forepart of horse,

and patera

to

;

1.,

"J^

spear.

72

121-7

^-8

[PI. xxviii. 8.]

Similar.

73

124-

W-85

74

123-

^85

75

121-3 W^-85

NANO

Nanaia

bate;

crescent

sceptre

and patera [I.

king's

name

OOhPKO ohPKO.

inscr.

NANA.

diad. and nimon head; holds

r.,

0.

;

to

r.,

J^

C] [I.

0.

C]


;

.

.

145

HOOBEKES.

No.

Wt.

Metal.

Obverse.

Size.

Reverse.

PAONANOPAOOO hPKIKOPANO Upper

part of king L, emerging from clouds, diacl. and nimbate wears conical hehnet

holds ear of

NANO

Nanaia

bate

crescent

;

sceptre

and nimon head ; holds

r., diad,.

and patera ;

to

r.,

^

com and

spear.

76 122-9

^•8

king holds double ear of

[PI. XXVIII. 9.]

com.* 77 122-5

^-85

king's

name

N

80 122-6

^•85

0.

[I.

,

OOhPK€

78 121-2 Jf-S5 79 122-5

OOh PKO

C]

inscr. barbarous.

-8

[I.

0.

C]

PAONANOPAOO NANA OhPKOKoPANOPAO bate

N"anaia r., diad. and nimcrescent on head ; sword at waist; holds sceptre and patera; ;

King seated cross-legged on clouds, head r., diad. and helmeted ; holds in 1., standard, surmounted

by 81

120-8

82 119-5

tor.,

?J.

bird.

^•85

^8

[I. 0. C.

PAONANOPAOO OhPKIKOPANO Upper part

of the king emerging from clouds, diad. wears rounded J helmet ; holds ear of 1.,

NANAPAO

PI. XXVIII. 10.]

E"anaia

r.,

diad.

and

nimbate; crescent on head; sword at waist; holds sceptre to

r.,

and patera;

5?

corn and elephant-goad.

83 118-8 84 151-3

[I.

0.

* This specimen proves that the object in the king's

com, and not a club as

it

C] r.

hand

is

an ear

has usually been supposed to be.

U

of


146

No.

GREEK AND SCYTHIC KINGS OP BACTEU AND INDIA,


;;

;

H7

HOOERKBS.

No.

wt.

Metal.

Obverse.

Size.

Reverse.

PAONANOPAOOO hPKEKOPANO Upper

part of king 1., emerging from clouds, diad. and nimbate wears conical helmet flames rising from shoul-

95 122

A^-85

96 121-7

^•8

;

and

spear.

Nike standing 1. holds wreath and trophy-stand, as on coins of Alexander ;

to

r.,

PQ

.

com

holds ear of

ders

OANINAA

[PI. XXTIII. 13.] inscr.

PAONANOPAOO ohPKIKOPANO Upper part

of king 1., emerging from clouds, diad.

;

flames

rising

from shoulders j wears rounded helmet ; holds ear of corn and ele-

OANINAO

OKPO

Siva

1.,

.

nimbate

;

wears

necklace, and has four arms and hands, in which are (1) vase and elephant-goad, (2) thunderbolt, (3) trident, (4) goat; to

1.,

^,

phant-goad.

97 122-7

^-8

98 121-5

^-8

99 1201

W-8

[PI. xxviii. 14.J [I.

Inscr. barbarous.

Similar

0.

C]

OKPO

Siva 1., with four arms and hands, in which are (1) wreath, (2) 1 (3) trident, (4) goat ; to 1., ,

^. 100 123-

A^-85

PAONANOPA OOhPK Upper

OKPA part

king 1., emerging from clouds, diad. and nimbate; wears rounded helmet ; holds ear ol corn and standard surmounted by bird. of

101 122-2 iV-85l

Siva facing, three-headed ; has four arms and hands, in which are vase, thunderbolt, trident,

club; to

1.,

5^.

[PI. XXTIII. 15.]

and


148

No.

GBEEK AND SCYTHIC KINGS OF BACTRIA AND INDIA.


;;

HOOBEKES.

No.

Wt.

149

Metal.

Obverse.

Size.

Inscr. otscure.

Reverse.

Upper part PI

emerging from clouds, diad. ; wears rounded helmet holds

of king

1.,

DM r.,

Eoma

or Pallas standing

wearing helmet and long chiton;

holds spear and shield; tor.,

fy

.

;

ear of corn and elephantgoad.

109 123-5 ^••85

[PI. xxTiii. 20.]

PAONANOPA

CAPAFlO

standing

Sarapis

ooYohPKIKop

diad.

Similar.

hand advanced

and clad in himation in

;

1.,

1., ;

r.

sceptre

tol., 5^.

110 123-1

^•85

[PI. XXVIII.

111 121-6 jV-85

[I.

PAONANOPAOO OhPKIKOPANO Upper

part of king 1., emerging from clouds, diad. ; wears rounded helmet ; holds ear of corn and elephant-goad.

BIZAro

Skanda and Visakha*

standing face to face, nimbate each wearing chlamys and necklace, and sword at waist ; but Skanda holds in r. hand, standard surmounted by bird; Visakha holds in 1. hand, spear; between

them,

112 123-

C]

0.

CKANAOKO M APO

21.J

^.

^-8

[PI. XXVIII. '22.]

113 121-3 jsr-8

Similar; last letter of inscr.

wanting.

CKANAOKOMAPO B IZAPO Skanda and Visakha standing face nimbate Skanda holds in r. hand, standard Visakha holds in 1. hand, spear ; between them, to face,

;

;

114

31-

^-5

[I.

*

A

0. C.

Bou and impersonation of Skanda.

PI. xxTiii. 23.] See Introduction.


;; ;

;

.

GREEK AND SOYTHIC KINGS OF BACTRIA AND INDIA.

150

No.

.

Wt.

Metal.

Eeverse.

ObverBe.

Size.

CKANAOK OMAPOMA AC h

PAONANOPAOO ohPKIKoPANO

NOBIZAFO

part of king 1., emerging from clouds, diad. ; wears rounded helmet; holds ear of com and elephant-goad.

115 121-

Niche on

basis,

within which, Skanda and Visakha standing as above ; between them, Mahasena, homed(l), facing, nimbate, clad in chlamysj sword

Upper

at waist

J^-8

;

to

1.,

^

[PI. ixTiii. 24.]

PAONANPAOO ohKIKOPANO Upper

part of king 1., emerging from clouds, diad. and nimbate wears conical helmet

holds ear of

A PPO

Male deity 1., head winged; clad in coat ; holds in r. hand, fire; 1. grasps sword at waist; to 1.,

<l>

^.

com and

spear.

116 123-2

^•8

0. C.

[I.

hPKIKOPANO Upper part of king

1.,

emerging from clouds, diad. and nimbate flames rise from shoulders wears conical helmet ; holds ear of corn and standard.

<l>

PI. xxTiii. 25.]

A PPO

Male deity 1., head winged, flames rising from shoulders ; wears coat and chlamys holds in r. hand, fire ; 1. grasps diad.

;

sword

at waist

;

to

1.,

p^

;

117

122-4:

^•85

PAONANOPAO

«l>APPO

oohPKIKoPANO Upper part of king

1.,

emerging from clouds, diad. and nimbate wears conical helmet holds ear of com and standard surmounted by bird.

118

121-6^-8

Similar

;

deity nimbate.


.

;

;

,

151

HOOEBKES.

No.

Wt.

Metal.

Reyerae

Obverse.

Size.

PAONANOPAOOO hPKIKoPANO King

as last

;

<|)APO Male deity 1., head winged, nimbate; wears coat and chlamys; r. hand advanced in 1., long scepholding ear ;

of corn and spear.

119 123-4

tre;

sword at waist; to

^•8

[I.

Same

inscr.

King as

holding ear of

last

Male deity 1., nimbate; flames rising from shoulders; holds in extended r. hand, iire ; in 1., sceptre

^

[PI. XXTIII. 26.]

inscr.

fore

;

King

holding

as be-

ear

<l>

A PPO

Male deity r., head winged,

nimbate

of

corn and spear.

sceptre

N-8

clad

;

and

fire

coat

in to

;

r.,

holds

;

^

[PI. XXVIII. 27.]

Same

inscr.'!

fore

;

ear of

King

holding

com and

as be-

double spear.

<l>

A PPO

Male deity 1. head winged, nimbate ; clad in coat and chlamys; hoJds purse and caducous

122 122-4 Jf-8

;

,

to

1.,

^ [I.

PAONANOPA ooohPK€KoPA King as ear of

<|>APO

.

C]

0.

Similar figure; holds purse'

and long sceptre

;

to

1.,

before ; holding

com and

JQ

.

spear.

123 123-5 J7'-8

[PI. XXTIII. 28.]

PAONANOPAOOO hPKIKoPANO Similar.

124 121-5 4^-8

to L,

;

^-8 Same

121 123-3

C]

<l>APPO

com and

sceptre.

120 121-2

0.

^.

1.,

<l>APPO Male deity r., head winged, diad. and nimbate ; clad in coat holds sceptre and elephant-goad tol., '^. [PI. XXTIII. 29.]


.

;;

GEEEK AND SOYTHIO, KINOS OP BACTEIA AND INDIA.

152

No.

.

Wt.

Metal.

Reverse.

Obverse.

Size.

PAONANOPAO oohPKOKoP Upper

part

,of

king

Male deity 1., nim-

Inscr. barbarous.

bate I.,

in

1.,

emerging from clouds, diad. and nimbate ; wears rounded helmet;

in extended

;

sword; to

hand,

r.

fire

^.

1.,

holds ear of corn and standard.

125 124-1

N-85

PAONANOPAoo OhPKIKOPANO

<|>APO Male deity nimbate holds in ;

Upper

part of king ]., emerging from clouds, diad. ; wears rounded helmet holds ear of

in

1.,

sceptre

to

;

1.,

r.

head winged, hand, wreath

y^

1.,

;

corn and elephant-goad.

126 121-2

^-8 Similar.

<l>

A PPO

Male deity r. head winged, r. hand rests on hip in * ,

nimbate

;

;

IIP

sceptre; to

1.,

f

r.,

^,

0.

C]

127 122-0

128 121-7

[I.

129 122-2

130

33-3

131

27

inscr.

<|>APO

[I.

Similar

,

0. C.

<|>APO on hip

PI.

XXTIIL 30.]

Male deity ;

in

r.,

1. ;

sceptre

1.

j

hand to

1.,

rests

^_

132 123-3 Jf-75 133 121-4

N-8

,134 122-1 J^-8

inscr.

Âť

<|>APPO 0<1A<I>.

.

[I.

0.

C]

(sword at waist).


;

.

HOOERKES.

No.

Wt.

Metal.

Obverse.

Beverse.

PAONANOPAOO OhPKIKOPANO part of king 1., emerging from clouds, diad. ; wears rounded helmet ; holds ear of

^8

Male deity 1., head winged, nimbate, standing on fire ; holds in r. hand, fire ; in 1., sceptre ; to

<|>APO

Upper

135 120-8

153

corn and elephant-goad.

Male deity 1., head winged, nimbate, standing on fire ; r. hand extended ; in 1., caduceus ; to 1.,

<l>APPO

Similar.

136 120 137 122-4

^8

COPON

Similar.

Male deity 1., bearded, modius and himation

wearing r.

hand advanced

sceptre

138 122

PI. XXVIII. 31.J

[L 0. C.

Jf-8

to

;

1.,

in

;

long

1.,

^

[PI. XXVIII. 32.]

139 122-2 jr-8

[I.

{j3)

Bronze ;

type,

King on

PAONANO PAOOO- A0PO in hPKâ‚ŹNOPANO* r.

The king

r.,

diad.

and

0.

C]

elephant.

Male deity

tongs; tol.,

nimbate, riding on elephant ; holds spear and

diad.

1.,

hand, wreath

;

;

holds

and in

I.,

^.

elephant-goad.

140

Ml-

141

^1-15

142

Ml* This msoription cannot be read entire on any single specimen and specimens are blundered or barbarous but the formula in the text ;

many

seems

:

to

be the normal and usual one.


154

No.

GREEK AND SCTTHIC KINGS OP BACTRIA AND INDIA.


;; ;

..

HOOEBKES.

No.

Wt.

155

Metal.

Obverse.

Size.

Reverse.

PAONANO PAOOO M AO holds hPKâ‚ŹNOPANO The

-king

r.,

diad.

and

to

Female deity 1., nimbate in both hands, cornucopiae

;

"5^

1.,

nimbate, riding on elephant holds spear and elephant-goad. ;

153

iEl-05

MIIOPO

Similar,

Sun-god

hand extended sword

155

^1Ml-

156

iE-95

154

to

Xy

1.,

[I.

(inscr.

Barbarous inscr. elephant to 1.

157

;

King on

radiate; r. grasps 1.

1.,

with

;

0.

C]

MIlPO).

MPPO?

Sun-god 1., nimbate; hand extended ; in 1., sceptre ;

r.

to

Ml-

PAONANO PAOOOhPKâ‚ŹNOPANO The kiag

r.,

diad.

and

O K PO

Siva standing 1. , four armed holds wreath, thunderbolt, trident,

and goat

;

to

nimbate, riding on elephant ; holds spear and elephant-goad.

158

^1-05

159

^1

1.,

^

(Siva holds in fourth hand, vase). [PI. xxix. 3.] Similar.

O KPO

Siva standing 1., two armed holds in r. hand, trident ; in 1.,

vase and lion's skin

160

M105

161

Ml-

162

M-9

163

M-85

164

M-95

1651

M-95

,

to

r.,

(?)

y [I.

0.

C]

j

to

I.,

^

;


;

GREEK AND fiCTlklC KINGS OP BACTEIA AND INDIA.

156

No.

Wt.

Metal.

Obverse.

Size.

Beverse.

(y) Bronze

;

King

type,

seated.

PAONANOPAO A9 PO Male deity OOhPK€NOPANO* in extended hand;

holds wreath

1. ;

to

r.

King

'

seated in

head

facing,

cross-legged

cusliions,

166

.

.

body

1.,

^.

r.,

on

radiate

hand, sceptre.

1.

^1Kiag, head and Similar.

Inscr.

body

radiate,

seated

facing on throne.

167

^1-

168

^1King

Inscr. facing,

head

holds in

169

seated;

APAOXP

Female deity

comucopiae

;

hand, sceptre.

to

1. ;

holds

^

1.,

JE-

Inscr.

170

1.

nimbate, r.,

King nimbate,

r.,

reclining.

MS

King

Inscr.

in

seated cross-

on cushions, facing, head r., head and body radiate; 1. hand raised. legged

171

Ml-

172

Ml-

173

Ml-

174

M-95

175

M-8

AP]AOXP r.

MAO

1.,

*

(?)

;

to

;

1.,

holds

^

Moon-god 1., crescent behind ; r. hand advanced ; with

shoulders 1.

grasps sword

[I.

in

Female deity L

hand, sceptre

0. C.

;

to

PL

1.,

^

xirx.

.

4.]

sceptre.

On

coins of this class the inscription is even

those of the last; sometimes, however,

it

ends

more debased

thaoi on

00|-|PK€KOPANO

.


.

157

HOOBEKBS.

No.

wt.

Metal.

Reverse.

Obverse.

Size.

PAONANOPAO M AO Moon-god crescent behind shoulders hand advanced with OOhPK€NOPANO 1.,

;

King

seated

cross-

1.

r.

;

grasps sword

to

;

1.,

legged, facing, head r., nimbate ; holds in each hand, staff or sword.

176

^•9 Inscr.

body 177

^1-

178

^1-

179

^1-

King, head and Similar. radiate, half reclin-

ing, facing,

on throne.

(inscr. retrograde).

180 181

[I.

[PI. xxii. 5.]

C]

0.

M-9 King, with head nimbate, body

MIOPO

seated cross-legged, facing, on cushions; in

sword

Inscr.

and

1.

182

Ml-

183

Ml-

184

M-8

Sun-god 1., radiate; r. hand advanced with 1. grasps ;

;

to

1.,

^

hand, -sceptre. [I.

(king not nimbate).

O.

C]

(deity holds wreath in

[PL XXIX. 185

^

r.).

6.]

M-d5 Inscr.

King, with body Similar.

half reclining, facing on throne, flames on shoulders. radiate,

186

Ml-l

187

Ml-

188

Ml-

189

M-85

190

M-85

(deity holds sceptre, not sword).

(inscr.

MIIOPO).

(deity holds wreath in

r.).


GREEK AND SCYTHIC KINGS OF B40TRIA AND INDIA.

158

No.

Wt.

Metal.

Beverse.

Obverse.

Size.

PAONANoPAo oohPK€KOPANO

NANA

Nanaia

sceptre; to

r.,

King, with head nim-

r.j

nimbate ; holds

^.

bate and body radiate, seated facing, head r., cross-legged on cushions; holds in 1. hand, sceptre.

191

^1-05

[I.

0.

C]

OKPO

Siva facing, nimbate, head has four arms and hands, in which he holds a wreath, a thunderbolt, a trident and a vase to

Similar,

1. ;

;

192

^1-05

193

^•9 Inscr.

King, with head Similar.

and body reclining,

radiate, half

facing,

on

throne.

194

^1-

195

^1-

196

Ml-

197

[I.

0. C.

PL

xxrx. 7.]

(Siva holds goat in fourth hand).

(Siva grasps sword in fourth hand).


;

BAZODEO (VASU DBVA).

No.

Wt.

159

Metal.

Obverse.

Size.

Reverse.

BAZODEO (VASU DEVA). (a)

NANA

PAONANO PAO BA ZoAhoKoPANO The king

in

clad

1.,

conical hebnet and sxiit of mail, diad. and nim-

bate

;

holds

r.

^-85

122-2

^8

horse,

and patera

to

;

r.,

^

.

wears

sword. [PI.

XXIX.

OKPO faces

Similar.

8.]

C]

0.

[I.

PAONANOPA OBAZOAhoK 120-8 AT

Nanaia r., nimbate, head surmounted hy crescent; holds forepart of sceptre, ending in

hand over

altar; inl., spear;

122-5

Gold.

Siva facing, having three holds wreath

and two arms

and trident

to

;

1.,

;

^

.

-8

122-3

(inscr.

PAONANOPAOBA ZoAhoKoPANO The king

clad

1.,

conical helmet

and

OPKO).

OKPO

[PI. xxix. 9.]

Siva facing, having three

and two arms holds wreath and trident behind him, bull 1.

faces

in suit

of mail, diad. and nimbate; holds r. hand over altar ; in 1., spear; standard behind head.

;

;

to

r.,

^

.

[PI.

XXIX. 10.]

5

123-8 AT

-8

6

124-9 AT

-8

7

123-5 A^-85

(Siva one-faced).

8

124-8 AT -85

(bull feeding).

9

123-4 AT

(inscr.

-8

10 122-8 A^-85

[I.

(inscr. barbarous).

(Siva one-faced)

;

OPKO).

symbol

to

0.

„ 1.

C]


160

No.

GREEK AKD SOTTHIC KINGS OF BAOTRIA AND INDIA.


BAZODEO (VASU DEVa).

No.

161


GREEK AND SCTTHIC KINGS OF BACTEIA AND

162

No.

Wt.

INDIA.

Metal.

Beverse.

Obvers^.

Size.

INDO.SCYTHIC, UNCEETAIK (a)

Gold;

Indian legend (see plate the inscripXXIX. 15 tion seems to run on one side dideva;

ivithout figure of

TAYPOC

nT 5

King.

Humped buU

(vrishabha).

Greek city-godand peplos, wearing mural crown, and holding a ta

?).

dess, clad in chiton

poppy-head. 66-7 Jf-6

[PI.

ixix. 15.]

r,


.(

163

)

SUPPLEMENT. IMPOltTANT TYPES NOT IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM.*

Obverse.

"No.

Reverse.

DEMETEIUS. Bust of the king

BAZIAEflZ

diad.

r.,

Pallas

AH MHTPIOY

facing,

armed ; holds

lance and shield. [PI.

Head

XXX.

of the king

r.,

M Wt. 243-

(Gen. Cunningham); an injured specimen (Wt. 219-3), recently acquired for Brit. Museum.

1.]

in elephant's

Same

inscr.

spear in

skin. [PI.

XXX.

iE_round,

2.]

BAZIAEnZ ANIKHTOY AH MHTPIOY Bust of the king

r.,

r.,

-7

Pallas seated 1., holding and shield in 1. (Gren.

Cunningham).

U^'t.

in elephant's skin.

(Mdharujasa

aparajitasa Deme thunderbolt.

[PI. XXX. 3.]

M

square, '75 (Gen.

).

Winged

Cunningham).

* In this list will be found the more important coins of the Greek and Soythic Kings which have been published, but are not represented in the British Museum. Mere varieties are not given, nor, in most cases, merely different denominations of already

mentioned

Museum

coins, unless

Coins.

To

when such denominations

this

are higher than those of the British

Supplement belong three

plates, the figures in

which are

in

Gen. Cunningham's valuable papers in the Numismatic Chronicle, and are reproduced by his kind pei-mission. In one or two instances coins have been inserted

most cases due

to

here which. were acquired for the British

proper places. I

Museum

too late for

them

to figure in their


164

No.

SUPPLKMENT.


SUPPLEMENT.

165


;

166

SUPPLEMENT.

Reverse.

Obverse.

No.

BAZIAEnZ MEfAAOY KPATIAOY Bust of the r.,

EY-

T ^ ^ ^^ ^

king

and helmeted.

diad.

[PI.

(Mdharajasa

rajadirajasa Evukratidasa). 1. ; holds wreath and palm.

M

XXX. 12.]

square,

.

Mke

(Gen. Cunningham).

'7

HELIOCLES. Bust of the king

r.,

B AZ A EnZ HAroKAEOYZ

helmeted.

Zeua seated - 1. holds Nike

I

AIKAIOY jR Tetradrachm

and long

sceptre.

(formerly

Major

Hay).

M

[PI. XXXI. 1.]

Drachm (The

late

Sir E.

C.

Bayley).

ANTIALCIDAS.

BAZIAEnZ NIKHÂŤ|)OPOY ANTIAAKIAOY Bust of king

r

,

the

rajasa jayar T 7'*'1 7*^ 6 dhafasa Amtiali/cidasa). Elephant walking r. ; wreath in raised trunk.

diad.

^

square, "75 (Major

Landon

:

now

presented to British Museum).

ANTIALCIDAS AND LYSIAS.

BAZIAEX2Z ANIKHTOY

AYZIOY Heraklea

r.

;

Inscr. as last.

Bust of bearded club on shoulder.

[PI. XXXI. 2.]

curi,

M

The

caps of the Dios-

and two palms.

square, -7

(Bodleian Library).


,

167

SUPPLEMISNT.

No.

Obverse.

Reverse.

THEOPHILUS.

BAZIAEIIZ AIKAIOY Q EO<t>

I

AOY

Bust

of the king

r.

jasa dhramiJcasa r '"I'^^'t Theuphilasa). Herakles, crowning himself ; holds in 1. hand, club and lion's skin.

diad.

[PI.

XXXI.

M

3.]

Wt.

36-

(Geu. Cunningham).

BAZIAEnZ AIKAIOY OEo<l>IAOY kles

r.

Head

of bearded Hera-

(Mahdrajasa dhramikasa J'heu-

club on shoulder.

:

[PI.

XXXI.

Cornucopiae.

pliilasa).

M

4.J

square, -8

(Gen. Cunningham).

AKCHEBIUS.

BAZIAEfiZ AIKAIOY NIKH<|)OPOY APXEBIOY Bust of Zeus

r.,

diad.

;

sceptre

'YA'^%7

on shoulder.

The caps and two palms. yasa).

[PI.

XXXI.

JE

5.]

(Mdhdmjasa

dhramikasa jayadharasa Arkhehi-

square, -9 (Gen.

of the Dioscuri,

Cunningham).

APOLLODOTUS.

BAZIAEnZ ZnTHPoZ Apollo [AnoAAOAoToY] seated

bow.

r.

{Maharajasa tradatasa Apalada-

on throne, holding out

tasa).

M

square,

Tripod. '8

(Gen. Cunningham).


.

168

SUPPLEMENT.

No.

Reverse.

Obverse.

STIUTO

I.

BAZIAEnZ Eni<l>ANOYZ ZflTHPOZ ZTPATnNOZ Bust of the king

r.,

T^^,

diad.

(Mah&rajasa

jyrati-

chhasa tradatasa Stratasa). Pallas 1. ; holding aegis and hurling thunderbolt.

M. Wt.

[PI. XXXI. 6.]

STRATO

134- (Gen. Cunningham).

II.

BACIAEnC CilTHPoC CTPATflNoC YIOY

CTPATnNOC

king

r.,

Bust of the

diad.

{Maharaja

rajarajasa

Stratasa

puirasa cha mmpriyapita StraPallas

tasa).

1. ;

holding aegis

and thunderbolt. [PI.

This

is

XXXI.

M

7.]

Wt. 36- (Gen. Cunningham).

Gen. Cunningham's reading of his specimen (engraved), and given

on his authority.

MENANDEE.

BAZrAEnZ ZI2THPOZ M EN AN APOY Head of Pallas r.,

T.\Cvi/

helmeted.

[PL XXXI.

drdsa). 8.]

T"l^\

(Mdharajasa

M Wt.

Ovfi

T5J"1^V

tradatasa

Mena-

r.

28- (Gen.

Cunningham).

BAZIAEHZ ZnTHPOZ

MENANAPOY

Bust of the king 1., wearing aegis and thrusting with spear.

y.^ÂŁvl/ Menadrasa).

rajasa tradatasa Pallas 1. ; holding

thunderbolt and

aegis.

Didrachm (Published by Gen. Cunningham from a sealing-wax

JR,

impression)


.

SUPPLBMENT.

No.

169

Reverse

Obverse.

BAZIAEnZ ZnTHPoZ

MENANAPOY

head

r.,

T.\£vi/

Young male

wearing wreath.

M

[PI. xixi. 9.]

Same

iascr.

Two-humped camel

[PI.

1.

square,

Same

M

XXXT. 10.]

Y^^\ T^^.~V

(Mdharajaaa tradatasa Dolphin r. drdsa).

,

Mena-

1"

Bull's head, facing.

inscr.

square,

(Museum

1'

As.

Soc.

Bengal).

Same

iiiscr.

[PI.

Same

inscr.

Same

Elephant L

M

XXXI. 11.]

Boar's head

square, '9 (Gen.

Same

r.

M

[PI. XXXI. 12.]

Elephant-goad.

inscr.

Cunningham).

Palm-branch.

inscr.

square, '8

Kos. 3 and 6 are said by Gen. Cunningham to be in the East India Museum. This

is

Museum

incorrect, as the coins of this

Museum, and

a-re

now

in the British

these types are wanting.

EPANDEE.

BAZIAEHZ N«KH<|!OPOY EHANAPOY Bust of the king r.,

T'\/7Z

diad.

rajasa] jayadh arasa 1. ; holds aegis

Pallas Epadrasa) and thunderbolt. .

[PL XXXI.

M

13.]

Wt.

19- (brok«n),

(Gen. Cun-

ningham).

DIONYSIUS. Apollo r., clad in chlamys arrow with both hands.

;

holds

(Maharajasa tradatasa DianisiKoyal diadema.

yasa).

[PL XXXI.

14.]

M

square, '6

(Col, Bush).


170

SUPPLEMENT.

No.

Obverse.

Reverse.

ZOILUS.

BAZrAEflZ AIKAIOY Xn.

I

AOY

of the king

Bust

r.,

diad.

t'~\9'^ rajasa dhramikasa Jhoilasa). Herakles, facing ; holds in r., wreath ; in 1., club and lion's skin ; on his shoulder, Nike holding wreath.

M

[PI. XXXII. l.J

BAZIAEnZ AIKAIOY Head Xn. AOY of bearded Horukles

T«1f»1 T^vk5 T^^'^>^ (Maharajasa dhramikasa Jhoilasa). Club and bow-case, within

I

r.,

Wt. 36-5 (Gen. Cunningham).

in lion's skin.

ivy-wreath.

M

[PI. XXXII. 2.]

square, 1-1

(Lady Headfort).

AETEMIDOKUS.

BAZIAEflZ

ANIKHTOY

APTEMIAXiPOY king

r.,

Bust of the

[PI.

T

'l'^ H^'^i ? (Maharajasa apadihatasa Artemidorasa). Artemis, clad in short chiton and chlamys, shooting 1.

diad.

XXXII.

M

3.]

Wt. 128- (Gen. Cunningham).

A

(king helmeted).

Same

inscr.

M

[P]. xxxii. 4.]

Bust of the king

diad.

r.,

specimen

much

117-3),

recently

British

Museum.

injured (Wt. acquired for

Wt. 36- (Gen. Cunningham).,

Same

inscr.

Nike

r.

;

holds wreath

and palm. [PI.

XXXII.

5.]

M

Wt.

37-

(Gen. Cunningham).


:

171

SUPPLEMENT.

No.

Obverse.

Reverse.

PHILOXENUS. The

British

Museum

has recently acquired a didrachm (Wt. 140') of this

king with the usual type and inscriptions obverse a helmeted bust of the king

1.,

(p.

56), but

having on the

thrusting with spear.

NICIAS.

BAZIAEflZ ZIITHPOZ NIKIOY Bust of the king

r.,

"T77''^ rajasa tradatasa Nihiasa). The king (or Pallas ?) helmeted, standing 1. ; holds palm over shoulder.

diad.

[PI.

M Wt.

XXXII. 6.]

36- (Gen.

Cunningham).

TELEPHUS.

BAZIAEHZ EYEPfETOY THAE<l>OY his

Giant (Skythes?),

body ending in three serpents;

holds in each hand,

hammer 1

yf"^^^

(

Maliarajasa

palanakramasa Teliphasa). Helios radiate facing, clad in tunic and chlamys, holds long sceptre

;

be-

wrapped in mantle, wearing wreath or homed in field, mon, side

M

[PI. XXXII. 7.]

Mr.

Oman

him male

Wt.

figure

37- (Bodleian Library).

having kindly procured a cast of this coin, we are enabled to

Mr. give a more accurate description of it than has hitherto appeared. BendaU suggests the reading pdlandkshamasa as a rendering of evepyhov.

AMYNTAS. Gen. Cunningham possesses hemidrachms with the usual type of reverse, the seated Zeus ; but having on the obverse respectively, (1) bust of the king in Macedonian causia with spear.

;

(2)

bust of the king, bare-headed, thrusting


;

SUPPLEMENT.

172

Reverse.

Obverse.

No.

HEEMAEUS. Gen. Cunningliam has a didrachm of the usual type (Wt. 153

grs.),

with

helmeted head of the king on the obverse.

BAZIAEnZ ZnTHPoE EPMAIOY King on horseback r.,

'Y/^.^ji^fij

galloping.

rajasa mdhatasa Zeus seated 1. on

Heramayasa). throne.

M BAZIAEHZ ZTHPOZ ZY EPM AIOY Bust of the king

"Wt. 31-

r.,

(Gen. Cunningham).

"TAw'^/C'

bare.

rajarajasa'(\

Nike

sa).

M

[PI. XXXII. 8.]

TA........:^^ T:d"i.'^v {Mdharajasa

{Herama

raja

?'\yasa).

Horse

round,

•?

{Mdharajasa mdhatasa Heramaya-

1. ;

holding wreath.

(Geii.

Cunningham).

Uncertain device, surrounded by a circle of unascertained Chinese characters.

r.

M

1- (Sir

1879,

D. Forsyth), Num. Chron.,

p.

276.

MAUES.

BAZIAEnZ BAZIAEnN

MEFAAOY MAYOY

Biga

in which radiate figure holding sceptre or spear, and charioteer. r.,

T-I^v^ T^"l^^"l

(Baja.

V

dirajasa mafiatasa / Moasa). Zeus seated 1. on throne thunderbolt in extended r. hand. ^ r

M

Didrachm Wt. 121-

(Bodleian

JR Hemidrachm (acquired Mus.), Wt. 27-6.

Library),

for Brit.


173

SUPPLEMENT.

No.

Obverse.

Reverse.

AZES AND AZILISES.

BAZIAEnZ BAZIAEnN MEFAAOY AZOV The king r.,

on horseback

;

7^/^v^

Tlli'i^"! T::1"i~^

T T**1 A 7

(MaJiarajasa rajarajasa mahatasa Ayilishasa). city? 1., holds in r. hand an object resembling a brazier ; in 1.,

lance couched.

A

palm bound with [PL xxxTi.

fillet.

M

Didrachm (E. Eochette, Suppl., PI. II., No. 16).

9.]

M, Hemidrachni

1*'.=

(Grotefend).

AZILISES. '

Standing figure to the r. with the r. arm extended horizontally, and holding a chaplet.' ,

'

Figure in short tunic, with loose veil-like garments around the head, &o. Arian legend, imperfect, .... jasa mahatasa Ayilishasa.'

M

square (Thomas's Priijsep II., 212, No. 9, Sir E. C. Bayley).

p.

VONONES AND SPALAHOEES.

BAZIAEnZ BAZIAEnN

MEfAAOY ONnNOY

Hercules, with club and lion's skin ; r. hand raised to the head.'

'

:

spear

;

r.

M square [Ariana Antiqua,

PI. viii. 9.]

—

Spahora bhrata Arian legend dhramikasa Spalahorasa. Minerva to the 1., armed with shield and

204, No.

arm extended.' (Thomas's Prinsep 3, Mr. Brereton).

II., p.


— 174

SUPPLEMENT.

No.

Obverse.

Reverse,

GONDOPHARES, Bust of the king

1.,

wearing Arsacid

tiara, diad.

BACIAECJC BAEIAECON MErC YNAa«I»EPHE

AYTaKPATQ

King

seated

r.

on throne, holding sceptre ; behind, Nike crowning him.

M Wt.

[PI. XXXII. 10.]

58- (Berlin, Zeitschr.f.

1879,

p.

Num.

358).

ZEIONISES. The king Barbarous inscr. horseback ; arm extended.

r.,

on

Inscription ending r 7S.'^2i (Jihaniaso). The king facing; on side, Nike ; on the other, a wingless figure, crowning him.

one

M, Didrachm (Thomas's

[PI. XXXII. ll.J

Prinsep, PI.

XXVIII. 5).

AESACES DIKAIOS.

BACIA6YONTOC

WN

The

AIKAIOY king,

BACIA€-

APCAKOV

on horseback

r. ; r.

hand

Ariau legend {Mahurajasa rajoh rajasa mahatasa Ashshakasa tra:

datasa).

M round *

A

coin of this class has a type thus described

de MMailles, No. 8296.

palme, la

g. Bur

Type

obliterated.*

[On

another specimen, Male figure to the left, holding a small figure in his right hand].

raised.

—Figure

son 6pee (?).

militaire

(?)

(Cunningham).

by Rollin and Feuardont, Catalogue diaddmee debout, a g., tenant de la dr. une


;

175

SUPPLEMENT.

No.

Obverse.

Reverse.

AESACES THEOS.

BACIA€WC G€OY Horse

.

.

CAKoY

Bow

in case

:

fillet-border.

r.

M

[PI. XXXII. 12.]

square,

Num.,

KADPHISES

BACIACYC OOHMO KAA*!-

CHC

King

holding club seated in biga moving slowly to r. r.,

[PL XXXII.

'7

(Berlin,

Z&itschr. f.

PI. V. 2).

II.

Usual reverse; type, Siva standing (see p. 124).

N Stater (Ariana Antiqua,

13.]

PI. x. 9).

KANEEKES.

PAONANOPAO K[ANHPKI] KOPANO Bust of the king

r.,

helmeted,

holding

spear,

above

clouds.

HAIOC

Helios standing, radiate ; other grasping sword.

one

hand advanced, the

N Wt. 30-8 (Eollin and Feuardent).

This coin, published by

PAO KA]NHPKI

v. Sallet, is

noteworthy as bilingual.

]roBOYAO

The king

Buddha

facing, cross-legged;

standing, at altar.

seated

arms in pos-

ture of benediction. [PI. XXXII. 14.]

M

1-

(Berlin, Zeitschr.f.

PI. IX. 1).

Num.

1879,



——

;

INDEX

1,

TYPES.

Apollo,

Head

Abdagases,

of.

— Abdagases,

lor Aegis.

7

Head

49

Antima-

;

of.

— Agathocleia

Head

of.

Head

cbus

I.,

Antiocbus,

T.,

of.

of.

—Archebius, 32. — Artemidorus,

— Artemidorus,

standing.

Artemis, running with torch.

— Amyntas,

—Antialcidas,

of.

dotus

61,

—Dio-

I., 3.

Artemis, hunting.

— Demetrius,

144

Hooerkes,

sqq., 166.

Antimachus

—ApoUo— ApoUo-

of.

54.

171.

Head

Head

170.

of.

Agathocles, 10.

Antialcidas,

Head

II.,

Head

Archebius,

Artemis,

of.

II.,

Eucratides

;

II., 37.

Apollophanes,

— Agathocles,

as Herakles,

Amyntas, Head

25

dotus

Artemidorus, Head of.

10.

Alexander

41

I.,

phanes, 54.

Strato, 43.

Agathocles,

Strato

165.

Antialcidas,

;

28 ; Menander, chus II., 55.

and

Head of.— Euthydemus

;

ApoUodotus

—Demetrius,

Agathocleia,

8

;

7

;

Artemidorus,

170.

Head

of.

— Antima-

Artemis, radiate.

— Maues,

69,

12.

Head

of.

—Agathocles,

B.

164.

Apollo, standing.

— Encratides,

ApoUodotus

I.,

38

sq.

dotus

II.,

35

Hippostratus, 60 standing,

;

Strato

;

Dionysius, 51, 169

Apollo,

sq.

;

and

;

1

3

;

ApoUoI.,

;

Maues, 72

;

elephant.

—ApoUodotus

I.,

in

which

radiate

167.

figure.

Maues, 172. Biga, in which king.

41

Zoilus, 53

Zoilus, 53.

Apollo, seated.

Biga,

— Kadphises

II.,

175.

Boar's head.

— Menander, 169.

—Strato —

Bow and quiver. Bow and arrow.

I.,

41.

Spalirises

Azes, 102,

A A

with


—— 178

INDEX

Bow

in case.

—Maues,

72

Aisaces

;

Bow-case and club.

Buddha, standing.

— Zoilus, 170.

—Kanerkes,

;

54

;

—Kanerkes, 175. 24; DioApoUodotus I., 34,

;

Epander, 51

;

Aitemidorus,

Philoxenus,

69, 71

57

Azes, 85 sqq.

;

95 sqq.

AzUises,

111

Zeionises,

;

Maues,

;

;

sq.

;

Uncertain, 162. Bull's head.

Hooerkes,

;

137, 154, 156.

—Azes, 85. —Azes, 84. Demetrius, Head —Demetrius, 163. Diadema. — ApoUodotus 39 Demeter, standing.

— Heliocles,

medes, 31

36

Kanerkes, 130, 133

130, -

seated.

130.

Deity, female, holds cornucopiae.

133.

Bull, Indian.

—Hyrcodes, 117. —Kanerkes,

Deity, holds spear. Deity, with horse.

Theos, 175.

Buddha,

I.

Demeter?

seated.

of.

6,

II.,

Head

Diodotus,

of.

—Diodotus

3

I.,

Agathocles, 10; Antimachus

—Menander, 169.

;

Dionysius, 169, ;

I.,

164.

—Diomedes, — Dionysus, Young, Head —PantaDiomedes, Head

of.

31.

Head

of.

^Dionysius, 51,

Dionysius, C.

of.

Caduceus.

— Demetrius,

7

Maues,

;

Caduceus and cock. Sophytes, 2. Calliope and Hermaeus, Heads of.

— Hermaeus and Calliope, 66.

Camel,

Bactrian.

— Uncert.,

A.

—Philoxenus,

stratus,

59

Azes and

sq.

;

31

93

Azilises,

;

— Diomedes', Eucratides,

;

165. Dioscuri, The, on horseback.

112;

13

sqq.,

One

of

tides,

—Eucra-

165; Diomedes,

31.

Menander, 169. City,

Agathocles, 11.

;

Dioscuri, The, standing.

68.

^

leon, 9

57;

Hippo-

173

;

94; Uncert., 162. also Tyche ) lises,

the.

—Eucratides,

Azi-

16; Azilises, 93. Dolphin. Menander, 169.

{See

Dolphin,

Azes, 82, 90 sq.

Azilises,

Dioscuri,

;

twined

round

anchor.

Nicias, 58.

Head of a. Andragoras, 1. City and king.— Zeionises, 110. Club. Menander, 50. City,

Club and bow-case. Zoilus, 170. Cock and Caduceus. Sophytes, 2.

Cornucopiae.

— Theophilus, 167.

E. Elephant.

29

sq.

dotus

68 97

D. 9;

Aga-

thocles, 11.

Deity,

wears

153.

modius.

— Hooerkes,

sq.

I.,

;

Elephant

:

;

Lysias,

ApoUo-

;

34; Zoilus, 53

Maues,

;

AziUses, 95,

Antimachus

cidas,

Dancing-girL— Pantaleon,

23

Archebius, 33

Azes, 87, 90

;

;

Heliocles,

;

I., 164 Antial166; Menander, 169.

holds

wreath.

;

— Maues,

71.

Elephant,

Head

of.

Menander, 50.

—Demetrius

7

;


;

JYPES.

^

—Agathocles,

Enclosure, Sacred.

;

179 nones, 98 ; Spalagadames with Vonones, 99; Uncert., 119; Hermaeus and Kadphises, 120 sq. ; Kadphises 1., 122 Hooer;

12.

Epander, Head of.— Epander, 169.

Head

Eucratides,

13

165

sqq.,

Euthydemus demus,

Head

I.,

4

I.,

— Eucratides,

of.

sq.

sq.

;

of.

—Euthy-

kes, 138,

154 ; Theophilus, 167 Vonones and Spalahores, 173.

Agathocles, 10.

Euthydemus IL, Head of.—Euthydemus II., 8.

Herakles,

— Euthydemus

seated.

;

I.,

isq.; Agathocles, 10; Agathocleia

95

;

and Strato, 43 Azilises, Spalagadames with Spaly;

100.

ris,

Herakles ; Nike on shoulder.— Zoilus,

Female figure, between stars.

— Maues,

Eemale 71

170.

Head

Herakles, bearded,

70. figure ;

Eire-god.

holds

:

fillet.

— Maues,

of

—Euthy-

demus I., 5 Demetrius, 7 Euthydemus II., 8 Lysias, 29 ;

Azes, 89.

;

— Kanerkes,

Strato

130, 132 sq.

Hooerkes, 136, 150

42

I.,

;

Lysias, 166

sqq., 156.

Theophilus, 167

;

;

Antialcidas and

;

;

Zoilus, 170.

Head

Herakles, Young,

G.

Heraus, Head Giant. —Telephus, 171.

—Menander, 169. — GondoHead

sqq.,

of.

aegis.

172

phises,

phares, 103 sqq., 174.

Gorgon-head on

of.

of.

— Hermaeus,

120

(See Aegis.)

sq.

;

Kadphises

of.

Zeus.)

(^See

— Heliocles,

21

stratus,

Heads

Plato, 20.

Herakles, Young, standing. ^Deme-

Lysias,

Euthydemus

;

29

Maues, 69 lises,

96

;

of.

— Hippo-

sq.

s^. sq.

;

;

II.,

Zoilus,

Azes, 89

;

;

Menander,

of.

Eucratides, 19.

6

Head

;

Helios in quadriga.

trius,

59

;

Euthydemus I., 5 ; Euthydemus II., 8 Heliocles, 22

Horse.

sqq., 166.

Heliocles and Laodice,

I.,

Hermaeus and Calliope, Heads of. Hermaeus and Calliope, 66. Hermes, standing. Maues, 71 Azes, 83 sqq. Hippostratus,

Hecate in hand of Zeus.

62

122.

H.

Head

^Aga-

Hermaeus and Kad-

;

Heliocles,

— Heraus, 116.

Hermaeus, Head

Goad, Elephant. Gondophares,

of.

thocles, 10.

8

60

;

72

;

48 ; Hippostratus, Hermaeus, 66, 172; Maues, Azes, 89 ; Azilises, 96 ;

Eucratides,

52

Horse, Forepart

Azi-

Hyrcodes, Head

Spalahores with Vo-

1

65

;

Arsaces Theos,

175.

;

sq.

of.

—Hyrcodes,

of.

— Hyrcodes,

118.

117


— — ;

;

INDEX

180

K

King between Nike and

— Kadaphes, 123.

Kadaphes, Head

of.

Kadphises

Head of.—Kadphi-

II.,

King, standing.

another.

Zeionises, 174.

King, half length.

124;

— Kadphises

Kanerkes,

II.,

175;

132,

Hooerkes, 136 sqq.

ses II., 126.

Kanerkes, Head

I.

of.

— Kanerkes, 132.

King, Head

96

2

Azilises,

Spali-

;

helmeted.

of,

—Sophytes, sqq.,

165

Antialcidas,

26

14

Eucratides,

;

101; Spalirises with Azes, 102; Kadphises II., 126 sq. ; Kanerkes, 129 sqq., 175 ; Ba-

Archebius,

zodeo, 159 sq.

Agathocleia, 43; Menander, 44

rises,

sq.

Nicias, 171.

;

— Maues,

King, seated,

71

Azes, 83

;

Gondophares, 104; Sana-

;

113; Kadaphes, 123, Kadphises II., 124 sqq. ; Hoo-

bares,

145

138,

erkes,

Hooerkes,

;

King on horseback.

—^Antimachus

II.,

55; Philoxenus, 56, 171; NiHippostratus, 59 sq. ; cias, 58 Hermaeus, 172 Hermaeus and ;

;

Maues,

Calliope,

66

Azes, 73

sqq.,

;

88

and Azilises, 92, 173 ;

sqq.

68

;

;

Azes

Azilises,

93

Spalahores with Vonones,

;

Spalagadames with

100;

ris,

lirises

;

Spalj'-

100; SpaGondo; Abdagases, 107

Spalirises,

with Azes, 102

phares, 103 sqq.; sq.

174

;

—Hooerkes, 137

;

;

Zeionises,

Arsaces Dikaios, 174.

153

sq.

;

32

Diomedes,

31

Strato

40

;

Apollophanes,

;

56

loxenus,

Hermaeus,

54

132

Phi-

;

Soter,

;

Kad^jhises II., 124 sqq: kes,

I.,

AmjTitas,

;

63

;

61

;

116

;

Kaner-

Hooerkes, 136 sqq.

;

Ki9g,

;

Head

in

of,

elephant.

;

King, Head

in elephant's skin.

of,

King, Head

113

;

6,

163

;

in tiara.

of,

Lysias, 29.

— Sanabanjs,

Gondophares, 174.

King, Bust

thrusting with spear.

of,

— Eucratides,

18, 165; ArcheMenander, 46 sq.,

bius,

32

;

168; Philoxenus, 171; tas,

Amyn-

171.

L.

Laodice,

Head

lion.

— Azes, 85.

of.

{See Heliocles

and Laodice.)

King on camel. Azes, 88. King in biga. Kadphises II., 175. King crowned by Nike. Gondo-

phares, 174.

King on horseback, crowned by Nike.— Heraiis, 116. King and City. Zeionises, 110,

—Anti-

;

Lakshmi, beside

sq.

— —

causia,

machus I., 12 Antialcidas, 25 sq. Amyntas, 171.

Zeionises, 110; XJncert., Ill;

Soter, 114 sqq.

King on

29

Lysias,

Demetrius,

sq.

98; Spalagadames with Vonones,

99

20;

Heliocles, 166.

156.

sqq.

Plato

Lion.

—Azes,

85 sqq

Zeionises,

111;

;

Azilises,

97

;

Uncert., Ill,

119.

Lion, Maneless. thocles,

— Pantaleon, 9

11

;

Maue.s, 69. Lysias,

Head

of.

;

ISIenanderj

— Lysias,

29.

Aga-

50


;

;

181

M between

Maenad,

0.

— Maues,

vines.

70 ; Azes, 89. Mahasena. Hooerkes, 138, 150. Mahasena Skanda and Visaliha.

Hooerkes, 150.

Male figure holds

sceptre.

:

Orthagnes, 109.

Owl.— Archebius, 32

sq.

;

Menander,

49, 168.

Ox, Head

of.

—Menander, 49.

Azilises,

97.

Male

figure

holds club and trident.

:

—Maues, 71

Azes, 89.

;

;

168.

sqq.,

Moon-god.

133

— Kanerkes,

131,

129,

Hooerkes, 139, 154,

sq.;

156.

Moon-god and sun-god.

Head

Pacores,

Male head in Phrygian cap. AmynHermaeus, 66. tas, 61 Menander, Head of. Menander, 44

— Hooerkes,

141.

of.

— Pacores,

Menander, 50 Maues, 69

;

;

;

99

—Kanerkes,

Gondophares, 103

;

kes,

149;

131,

129,

Hooerkes, 144

;

134 158

sqf/.,

Head of.—Nicias, 58, 171. AUke.— Eucratides, 18, 166 ArcheNicias,

;

bius, 32; Stratol.,

48

der,

147

Nike

XL,

;

;

;

on

;

83

Azes,

104

sq.

;

Anti-

Philoxenus,

55;

Hermaeus, 65, 172 sqq.

phares,

110

42; Menan-

Epander, 51

;

machus

107

;

Hooer-

Demetrius,

163;

Mcias, 171; Vonones and Spa-

Strato

;

Sanabares, 113

;

;

168

40

;

;

;

;

;

Epander, 169. seated. - Hippostratus,

Pallas,

60

;

Demetrius, 163. Pallas,

Head

of.

— Menander,

48

sq.,

168.

—Menander, —

Palm and wreath.

50, 169.

Antimachus

Palms and

Hooerkes,

Pantaleon,

Antialcidas, 28

II.,

pilei.

Head

;

55.

{See Pilei.) of.

— Pautaleon,

164.

— Antimachus

I.,

—Pantaleon, 9 Agathocles, Philoxenus, Head —Philoxenus, Panther.

;

11.

164.

Azilises,

;

Amyntas, 61 Eanjabala, 67 Azes, 78 ; Gondophares, 103

Palm.

—Andragoras, 96. Nike, wingless. —

51

;

;

Maues,

Antemidorus, 170.

Ifike in quadriga.

;

Apollophanes, 54

Zoilus,

Pacores,

;

52

IT.,

168; Menander, 44 sq.

Dionysius,

;

Gondo-

Abdagases,

Orthagnes, 109

prow.

— Apollodotus

I.,

Strato II., 168

Bazodeo, 159.

;

Vonones,

with

Spalagadames

sqq.,

68

;

lahores, 173.

N.

57

;

Azes, 78 sqq., 91

37;

sq.

1

Amyntas, 61

Spalahores with Vonones, 98

Pallas, thundering.

^'anaia.

110.

— Andragoras,

standing.

Pallas,

1.

of.

56, 171.


— ;

INDEX

182 Pilei of Dioscuri

and palms.

—Eucra-

165; Antialcidas, Antialcidas and Lysias,

I.

Soter,

27

Strato

sy.

;

Head of.— Plato,

Strato II.,

20.

Poseidon, standing.— Antimachus

12

;

70

I.,

Azes, 77.

Poseidon sq.

and ;

Eiver-god.

168.

1&6; Archebius, 167. Plato,

Head of. Sophytes, 2. Head of. Soter, 114 sqq. Strato I., 40 sq., I., Head of.

Sophytes,

tides, 15, 18,

Head of.— Strato II.,

—Maues,

^Agathocles, 12.

;

Kanerkes, 129, 131, 134,175;

Hooerkes, 136, 141, 155, 157.

Azes, 89.

Sun-god and moon-god. 141.

Q.

Sun-god and another

— Plato, —Andra-

Quadriga of Helios.

168.

— Sun-god, standing. —Philoxenus, 57 Stupa, Buddhist.

figure.

phus, 171.

20.

Quadriga driven by Nike.

—Hooerkes, —Tele-

Symbol

ij.

— Gondophares,

105.

goras, 1.

Quiver and bow.

— Strato

I.,

41.

R. Ranjabala,

Theophilus,

Head of.—Ranjabala,

67.

Eiver-god under foot of Poseidon.

Head

— Theophilus,

of.

167.

Thunderbolt,

winged.

— Demetrius,

163.

{See Poseidon.)

Trident.

—Demetrius,

7.

Trident and battle-axe in one. _

Sanabares, Sarapis.

Head

of.

— Sanabares, 113.

—Hooerkes, 149. —

Gondophares, two armed. 104; Kadphises II., 125; Kanerkes, 135; Hooerkes, 155;

Siva,

Bazodeo, 159. Siva,

two armed, with

bull.

—Kad-

phises II., 124, 126 sq.,

175;

—Kad-

phises II., 126.

Tripod-lebes.

—Euthydemus

Apollodntus

I.,

ApoUodotus

II.,

41

;

51

;

60

;

Triton.

35

38

Menander, 49 Zoilus,

53

;

sq.; ;

II.,

sq.,

8

;

167

Strato

I.,

Dionysius,

Hippostratus,

Maues, 72.

—Hippostratus, 60.

Tyche.—Maues,

68,

Visakha

Skanda.

70

sq.

Bazodeo, 159 sqq. Siva, four armed.

— Kanerkes,

132,

135; Hooerkes, 147, 155, 158. Skanda.

Skanda

— Hooerkes, 138. and Visakha. — Hooerkes,

149.

Skanda Visakha and Mahascna. Hooerkes, 150.

and

— Hooerkes,.

149.

Visakha Skanda and Mahasena. Hooerkes, 150.


— ;

;

183

TYPES.

W.

Agathocles, 10,

chus

—Kanerkes, 132 HooerWarrior, —Arsaces Dikaios, 174. "Wheel. —Menander, "Wind-god. — Kanerkes, "Wreath and palm. — 28

"War-god.

164

Antima-

;

Archebius, 32.

;

holding Hecate.

:

Agathocles, 10.

standing.

Zeus, seated. tas,

50.

— Agathocles, 10; Amyn171

61,

sqq.,

135.

Antimachus

164

Zeus, standing

;

kes, 138, 148.

Antialcidas,

I.,

172

Hermaeus,

;

Spalirises,

;

62

101

Heliocles, 166.

;

II., 55.

with Thunderbolt.

Zeus, seated,

Maues, 70, 172. Zeus, seated, and elephant. tides,

19

;

—Eucra-

Antialcidas, 25 sq.

;

Maues, 70. Zeus, standing.

Manes, 68

Azes and

93

;

98

;

Heliocles, 21 sqq.

Azes, 73 sqq., 83

;

Azilises,

92

;

;

AziUses,

Spalahores with Vonones,

Spalagadames

nones,

with

99 Gondophares, 103, 106

gases,

Zeus,

]

Spalirises,

;

107

sq.

thundering.

;

;

Vo-

AbdaI.,

3

;

Hecate.

— Pan-

taloon, 164.

Head

Zeus,

of,

diad.

—Andragoras,

1

;

Archebius, 167. Zeus,

Head

of,

laur.

—Diodotus

Euthydemus I., 5. Zeus, Head of thundering. 3

100

Soter, 114, 116.

—Diodotus

Zeus, seated: holds

cidas,

Zoilus,

I.,

;

27

—Antial-

sq.

Head of.— ZoUus,

52, 170.


INDEX

II.

KINGS, TYRANTS,

&c.

D. AbJagases, 107.

Demetrius,

Agathocles, 10, 164.

Diodotus

Agathocleia with Strato, 43.

Diomedes, 31.

Amyntas, 61, 171.

Dionysius, 51, 169.

Andragoras,

6, 163.

I., 3.

1.

AntialciJas, 25, 166.

E.

Antialcidas and Lysias, 166,

Antimaohus I., 12, 164. Antimachus XL, 55.

Epander, 51, 169.

Apollodotus

Eucratides with Heliocles and Lao-

I.,

34, 167.

ApoUodotus II., 37. ApoUophanes, 54. Archebius, 32, 167.

Eucratides, 13, 165.

dice, 19.

Euthydemus Euthydemus

I., 4.

II., 8.

Arsaces Dikaios, 174. Arsaces Theos, 175.

G.

Artemidoms, 54, 170. Gondophares, 103, 174.

Azes, 73.

Azes and

Azilises, 92, 173.

Azes and

Spalirises, 102.

H.

AziUses, 93, 173. Heliocles, 21, 166.

Heliocles and Laodice with Eucra-

B.

Bazodeo (Vasu Deva), 159,

C. Calliope and Hermaeus, 66.

tides, 19.

Heraiis, 116.

Hermaeus, 62, 172. Hermaeus and Calliope, 66. Hermaeus and Kadphises I., 120. Hippostratus, 59.


185-

KINGS, TYRANTS, &C.

Hooerkes, 136.

Philoxenus, 56, 171.

Hyrcodes, 117.

Plato, 20.

K. Kadaphes, 123. Kadphises I., 122.

R.

Eanjabala, 67.

Kadphises

I. and Hermaeus, 120. Kadphisos I L, 124, 175. Kanerkes, 129, 175.

S.

Sanabares, 113.

Sophy tes,

2.

Soter Megas, 114.

Spalagadames with Spalyris, 100. Laodice with Heliocles and Eucra-

Spalagadames with Vonones,

99.

Spalahores with Vonones, 98, 173.

tides, 19.

Spalirises, 100.

Lysias, 29. Spalirises

Lysias and Antialcidas, 166.

Strato

M.

with Azes, 102.

StratoL, 40, 168. I.

and Agathocleia,

43.

Strato II., 168.

Maues, 68, 172. Menander, 44, 168.

T.

Telephus, 171.

N.

Theophilus, 167.

Mcias, 58, 171.

V.

Vasu Deva (Bazodeo), 159. 0.

Orthagnes, 109.

9,

Vonones and Spalahores,

99.

98, 173.

"sZeionises, 110, 174.

Pacoies, 110.

Pantaleon,

Vonones and Spalagadames,

164.

Zoilus, 62, 170.

B 3


INDEX

III.

TITLES OF KINGS.

GEEEK.

A.

AAEAÂŤt>IAEnZ AbJagases, 108. AAEA<|)OY TOY BAZIAEflZ

ANIKHTOY

Spalyris, 100.

Lysias, 29, 166; Artemidorus, 54,

170; Philpxenus, 56;

Demetrius, 163.

AYTOKPATO[

Gondophares, 174.

BAZIAEYONTOZ Agathocles, 10; BAZIAEYONTOZ BAZIAEHN

Soter, 114.

Abdagases, 107

;

Arsaces Dikaios,

174.

BAZIAEnZ AAEA<t>OY Spalirises, 100. BAZIAEHZ BAZIAEXIN Gondophares, BAZIAEnZ BAZIAEilN MEfAAOY 173;

Azilises,

104; Kanerkes, 129.

Maues, 68, 172 ; Azes, 73, 92; Vononcs, 98, 173; Spalirises, 101; Gondophares,

103, 174; Orthagnes, 109; Pacores, 110; Soter, 114; Kadphises

II.,

126.

BAZIAEHZ MEfAAOY 59

Hippostratus,

;

Azes,

Eucratides, 14, 165

90

;

ApoUodotus XL, 37

;

102

Spalirises,

;

Gondophares, 105

;

;

Sanabares, 113.

AIKAIOY Strato philus,

Agathocles, 10, 164; Heliocles, 21, 166; Archcbins, 32, 167; I.,

41

;

Menander, 50

;

Zoihis, 52,

170

167; Arsaces, 174.

Eni<t>ANOYZ

Plato,

EYEPrETOY

Telcphus, 171.

20; Strato

I.,

40, 16S.

;

Spalyris,

100; Theo-


TITLES OF KINGS.

OEOTPonoY Agathocloia, 43. OEOY Eiithydemus 10; Antimachus I.,

I.,

187

164; Gondophares, 103;

12,

Arsaces, 175.

N KATO POZ

Amyntas,

NIKH<t)OPoY

Antialcidas, 25, 166

I

169

;

Antimachus

II.,

6

1

Antiochus of Syria, 164.

;

;

ArchelDiiis, 32,

ZAKA KOIPANOY (KOPPANOY) ZATPAnoY Zeionises, 110. ZflTHPOZ

Diodotus, 10, 164

ApoUodotiis sius,

tus,

51

59

;

;

II.,

Hermaeus, 62, 172

dagases, 107; Soter,

TYPANNOYNTOZ YlOY

Zeionises, 111

<|)IAonATOPOZ

B.

;

;

;

Nicias, 58, 171

Eanjabala, 67

;

;

;

Hippostra-

Gondophares, 105

114; Kadphises IL, 126; Strato

II.,

168.

Heraiis, 116.

;

Strato

II.,

Apollodotus

SCYTHIC,

168.

II., 37.

IlSr

GEEEK LETTERS.

ZAOOY Kadaphes, 123. KOPANO Kanerkes, 130;

Hooerkes, 136.

PAO

Hooerkes, 136.

Kanerkes, 130, 175

;

PAONANO Kanerkes, 130, 175; Hooerkes, 136. ZY Hemiaeus, 120, 172; Kadaphes, 123. XOPAN (KOPON, &o.) Kadphises I, 122; Kadaphes, C.

Epander, 51,

Diomedes, 31 ; Apollodotus I., 34, 167 Menander, 44, 168; Diony-

;

Apollophanes, 54

;

j

Heraiis, 116.

37; Strato L, 40, 168

Zoilus, 52

167

55.

123.

INDIAN TITLES AND WORDS.

Apadihatasa, Lysias, 29; Artemidorus, 54, 170; Philoxenus, 56. Aparajitasa, Demetrius, 163.

Apratihatasa, Gondophares, 105.

Apratihatachakrasa, Ranjabala, 67.

;

Ab-


INDEX

Igg

III.

Bhradaputrasa, Abdagases, 107. Bhrata, Spalahores, 173.

Qia, Strato

II.,

168.

Chhatrapasa, Eanjabala, 67; Zeionises, 110.

Devatratatasa (Devahadasa), Gondophares, 103.

Dhramathidasa, KadpHses

I.,

120.

Strato I., Dliramikasa (Dhramiasa), Heliocles, 23 ; Archebius, 32, 167 ; Spalahores, 98, 173 Menander, 50 ; Zoilus, 52, 170 ; Azes, 90 ; 41 Theophilus, Gondophares, 105; Spalagadames, 99; Spalirises, 100;

;

;

167.

Hiduja Same, Agathocles, 12. Jayadharasa, Antialcidas, 25, 166; Archebius, 32, 167; Epander, 51, 169;

Antimachus

II.,

5?; Amyntas, 61.

Jayamtasa (Jayatasa), Hippostratus, 55; Aspavarma, 91. Karifiye nagara devata, Eucratides, 19.

Kujula (Kuyula), Kadphises

I.,

120

Kushana (Khushana), Kadphises

I.,

;

Kadaphes, 123.

120

;

Kadaphes, 123.

Mahachhatrapasa, Eanjabala, 67. Maharajasa, Passim after Eucratides.

Maharajabhrata (Maharajabhraha), Spalahores, 98

;

Spalirises, 100.

Mahatasa (Mahatakaaa), Hippostratus, 59; Maues, 68, 172; Azes, 73, 102, Gondophares, 103; Orthagnos, Azilises, 93, 173; Spalirises, 101 109; Pacores, 110; Soter, 114; Eucratides, 165; Hcrmaeus, 172;

173;

;

Arsaces, 174.

Mahisvarasa, Kadphises

II., 124.

Palanakramasa, Telephus, 171. Pratichhasa, Strato

I.,

Putrasa, Aspavarma, 91

40, 168. ;

Eajadirajasa, Maues, 68,

Spalagadames, 99; Zeionises, 110; Strato

172; Azes, 77;

Azilises,

168.

93; Gondophares, 103; II., 124; Eu-

Orthagnes, 109; Pacores, 110; Soter, 114; Kadphises cratides, 166.

II.,


TITLES OP KINGS.

Riijarajasa, Azes, 73,

168

;

173

Azilises, 94,

;

173

;

189

Goiidopliarcs, 104

;

Strato II.,

Arsaces Dikaios, 174.

Rajine, Pantaleon, 9; Agathocles, 11.

Sachhadhramat.hidasa, Kadaphes, 123.

Sagaba, Orthagiies, 109. Sampriyapita, Strato

II.,

168.

Sarvaloga isvarasa, Kadphises

II.,

124.

Sasasa, Gondophares, 106. Strategasa, Aspavarma, 91.

Tradatasa, Diomedes, 31

Apollodotus I., 34, 167 ; Strato I., 40, 168 ; Menander, 44, 168; Dionysius, 51, 169 Zoilus, 52 ApolloplianÂŤs, 54 ; Mcias, 58, 171 Hippostratus, 59 ; Hermaeus, 62 S^trato II.,

37

;

;

;

Gondophares, 103; Abdagascs, 107; Soter, 114; Kadphises Arsaces Dikaios, 174.

Vrishabha, Uncert., 162.

Yavugasa (Yauasa), Kadphises L, 120; Kadaphes, 123.

II.,

;

y ;

124:


INDEX

IV

EEMARKABLE INSCRIPTIONS AND LEGENDS. AOPO, AOOPO

Kanerkes, 130,

132; Hooerkes, 136, 153, 156.

AAEHANAPOY TOY <l)IAinnoY Agathocles, 10.

APAOXPO

Hooerkes, 136.

;

Hooerkes, 137, 154, 156.

130,

AIOAOTOY SIITHPOZ Antimachns

deo, 159.

ONI A? Agatho-

Kanerkes, 129, 175. Hooerkes,

138, 154.

APOOAZno

MAAZHNO

Kanerkes, 132, 135;

164.

Hooerkes, 138.

HPAKIAO, HPAKAO

PIOM

1

Hooerkes, 138, 150.

;

Bazo-

Hooerkes, 144.

OPAAPNO PAOPHOPO

Kanerkes, 132. Hooerkes, 148.

Hooerkes, 149.

ZAAHNH ZAPAriO

Kanerkes, 130.

Kanerkes, 129. Hooerkes, 149.

ZKANAO KOMAPO

Hooerkes,

149.

MAKAPOY Hyrkodes, 117. TAYPOZ Uncert., 162. MANAoBAro Hooerkes, 139. <l>APPO, <|>APO Kanerkes, Hooerkes, 150. MAO Kanerkes, 131, 133; Hooerkes, 139, 154, 156.

Ka-

kes, 133.

Hooerkes, 147, 155, 158

I.,

;

OAAO Kanerkes, 135. OANINAA Hooerkes, 147. OAYO BOY ZAKAMA Kaner-

Aga-

cles, 10.

HAIOZ

Kanerkes,

Uncert. king, 119

OKPO, OKPA

175.

EYOYAHMOY OEOY

Hooerkes,

nerkes, 129.

Hyrcodes, 117.

Kanerkes, 130, 133

thocles, 10;

134;

NANA, NANAPAO

NANAIA

BIZAro Hooerkes, 149. BOAAO, BOYAO Kanerkes,

AOXPO

131,

138, 141, 144, 155, 157.

Bazodeo, 159.

Agathocles, 164.

APAHOPOY

nerkes,

131, 134; Hooerkes, 144, 158;

ANTIOXOY NIKATOPOZ APAEIXPO

MEIPO, MIlPO, MIOPO Ka-

iiPON

Hooerkes, 153.

132;


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