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XX. An Account of Greek, Parthian, and Hindu Medals, found in 

 hidia. By Major James Tod, M.R.A.S. 



Read June 18, 1825. 



I HAVE the honour to present to the Society fac-simile engravings of two 

 medals, which fill up a chasm in the Numismatic series of the Greek Kings 

 of Bactria, viz. Apollodotus and Menander. 



BASIAEnS SHTHPOS AnOAAOAOTOT 



is the epigraphe of the medal of Apollodotus. The figure is very properly 

 that of Apollo, armed with a dart or spear inverted, in the left hand ; 

 denoting clemency after victory. Towards his right hand, is a monogram, 

 indicating the date, which would appear to be the Bactrian era, composed 

 of the letters OEA. 



On the reverse, is a figure which appears to represent a portable sacrificial 

 tripod, or altar, having around it an inscription in the ancient Zend, or 

 Pehlavi character, as in the Sassanian medals of Sapor, and the inscriptions* 

 of Nakschi, Rustam, and Kermansha. 



The other medal is of a name better known to history — Menander. 

 It bears the effigies of the prince, the head covered with a helmet ; the 

 epigraphe — 



BASIAEHE NANAPOT. 



Though the two first letters of Menander are wanting, not a doubt can 

 exist of its being his coin. I will leave to others to conjecture what were 

 the letters, now indistinct, which filled up the space between Basileus and 

 Menandrou 



The reverse bears a winged figure,! having a palm branch in the left 

 hand, and in the right a wreath. Around is the same Zend character, as in 

 that of Apollodotus, and the monogramt composed of two letters, lA. 



* Sec De Sacy. Mcmoires sur diverscs Antiquitus dc la Perse. 

 t This winged figure is Victory. — N. 

 X No. 323 of Miannet. 



