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dently the same, so that probably that word and the one which precedes 
it in A and B are all common titles of the ruling monarch, as ‘‘ King 
of Kings,” &c. (the Pehlevi reads like the Persian from the right to the 
left hand.) 
Fig. 12.—A crescent head-dress of this form occurs in one of Col. 
Wilson’s coins, in other respects similar to the rest; 
also upon another coin the emblems represented in fig. 31, 
as variations of the priest’s wand or sceptre. 
Fig. 14.—(of Col. Wilson’s series,) has characters which might be 
mistaken for Arabic, also emblems of the moon, stars, 
and the sacred fire. 
Fig. 15.—A small gold coin, of very rude fabrication, brought by 
Lieutenant Conolly, from Khorassan: the head has a 
crescented cap, and the commencement of the second 
part of the inscription agrees with that of figs. A and B. 
Reverse. The fire-altar, and priests rudely executed. 
This coin was noticed in the GieaninGs, vol. ili. 295. 
Bactrian Coins. 
In the reign of Antiochus II. the third of the Seleucid, Theodotus, 
the governor of Bactria, revolted and established an independent monar- 
chy. His capital was the modern Balkh, and his extensive kingdom 
included parts of modern Kabul, Khorasan, and Bokhara. It is remarked 
by Major Tod as singular, that, although the Arsacidan money is so 
plentiful, antiquarians have seldom met with those of the Bactrian princes, 
and indeed the names of only nine of them have been rescued from 
obscurity. So little was before known, that Major Tod himself may be 
said to have commenced the development of this new branch of numis- 
matology, and in a worthy manner,—by adding two new medals dis- 
covered in India to the only two hitherto known ;—one of Apollodo- 
tus, found in the site of an old town, Sirapura, between Agra and 
Etaweh ; the other of Menander from Math’ra*. This example has 
instigated others to the search, and a number of Bactrian or Indo- 
Scythian coins are now coming to light in the upper provinces. I have 
before alluded to General Ventura’s discoveries ; and to those of Messrs. 
Burnes and Gerard, in their route through ancient Bactriana ; Gel. Swiney 
of Kurnal has also been successful in collecting and examining, and we 
may therefore soon hope to have the subject thoroughly elucidated. Such 
coins as were in the Society’s cabinet, I have already depicted in the se- 
venteenth volume of the Researches, to illustrate the learned remarks of 
Mr. Wilson, which should be perused by those who are now eager to pro- 
* Trans. Roy. As. Soc. i. 314. 
