376 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [NS., XIV, 
J. Nike as above and star within crescent in front. 
K. Without adjuncts. : 
No drachmes are published so far as I know of the types — 
F,G, H and K; but they by analogy can reasonably be ex- 
pected to exist. The drachme described below is of the type — 
K without adjuncts. The grénetis round about the head of the — 
king is so struck that it precludes the possibility of having any — 
of the adjuncts off the flan. 
Description of the Drachme. 
Metal—Silver. Size.-—75 inch. Weight.—59 grains. i 
Obv.—The bust of king to left’ with diadem having fillets — 
floating behind. The hair arranged in formal rows, a wart om 
left temple, a moustache, and a pointed beard. The bust — 
clothed in dress and a linked necklace with cuirass in front 
Grénetis. ee 
Rev.—Arsaces seated to right on throne, holding bow. In 
front, the mint-monogram AK. . 
Legend.—Above BAZIAEQ= | BAZIAEQN, Hsit 
APEZAKOV; in exergue EVEPTETOV | AIKAIOY, lH 
EM®ANOVE | (©)IAEAAHNO(2)- a 
Translation.—The King of kings, Arsaces, the benefacios 
the just. the (divine) manifestation, the friend of Greece. ah 
The mintmonogram AA appears not only on the re : 
of the reigns from Phraates Il to Phraates IV, but eae? 2 
bronze money, being the only monogram found on the fount 
this metal. Under Phraataces (B.C. 3/2 to A.C. 4) 168 poe 
the form J\ and from this reign till the fall of the “iy 
empire, is always found on the drachmes. From the outs. 
m oe 
Gardner (op. cit., p, 24) emphatically says ° Pye 
word MOA I= : 
‘that 
_ Perhaps he may be correct, but not for the roy He 
this monogram is found on a bronze coin joined with @ that 
is found in connection with this word, as could Pe 
his work (p. 59, no, 22). 
