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3. Apollodotos. 

 Copper, square. Weight, 145. Size, # 8. 



Obverse. — Apollo facing undraped but shod, holding arrow 

 in r. and bow in 1. hand. Legend on three sides BAZl AEftZ 

 ArioAAoAoToY ZnTHPoZ. 



Reverse. — Tripod of peculiar form on stand, in square of 

 dots; mon. y\. Kh. legend on three sides, r. maharajasa, top 

 Apaladatasa, 1. tratarasa. 



This is a rare 



type of the 



copper coinage of Apollodotos. Not only is the tripod 

 strikingly different in shape from that usually occurring, but 

 the attitude of Apollo is distinct. The issue has been recognized 

 as a separate variety by Cunningham in his ' Coins of Alexan- 

 der's Successors in the East/ and he says that all the speci- 

 mens of this variety are of inferior execution, which I think 

 is open to question. He only knew of one weight, the chal- 

 kons, and the specimens in the British and Indian Museums 

 are of this weight. The coin now published is a dichalkon, 

 I also possess a lepton. 



4. Zoilos. 

 Copper, round. Weight, 230. Size, -85. 

 Obverse. — Apollo r., clad in chlamys and boots; holds 



in both hands an arrow ; quiver at his back. Legend; 



BAZlAEfiZ ZQTHPoZ, ZHlAoY below. 



Reverse.— Tripod ; 1. Kh. figure 4; r. figure 1. Kh. legend, 

 maharajasa tratarasa , below Jho'ilasa. 



This is a thick and dumpy coin. It is similar in type to the 

 coins of Apollodotos illustrated at PL IV, 7, and bears the same 

 relation to the usual variety with the small elephant in the 1. 

 field of the obverse, that this coin of Apollodotos bears to the 

 common Apollodotos medallion of the same type depicted 

 at PI. IV, 6. 



5. Menander. 



Silver, round. Weight, 35. Size, *6. 



Obverse.— Bust of king 1., helmeted, thrusting with javelin. 

 Legend, BAZlAEfiZ ZOTHPoZ, below MENANAPoY. 



Reverse. — Pallas 1., holding aegis in 1., and hurling thunder- 

 bolt withr. hand; mon. PI. VII, 86. Kh. legend, maharajasa 

 tratarasa , below Menadrasa. 



A very rare variety of the common type in which the 

 king is depicted as diademed and hurling the javelin. It is 

 not described in the existing Brit. Mus. Cat., but is illustrated 



