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of PI. XXIII. vol. IV.) In our coin the legend was indistinct at the 

 top, but in his drawing it is clearly 



In this the thirteenth letter should probably be T, unless by some rule 

 of orthography the epithet " just" is combined by a permutation of 

 its final, and duplicated with the commencing consonant of the fol- 

 lowing word, which may be recognized without difficulty as the 

 representative of Megalou, the great. We are indebted to Mr. Mas- 

 son for the restoration of the inscription, which we have introduced 

 in this place, because no other opportunity may occur of noticing 

 this Azos coin. 



Fig. 2. A silver drachma of Antilakides, discovered by Mr. Mas- 

 son in 1835. 



Obverse. Head of the monarch, with the peculiar hat or helmet 

 common on coins of Eucratides, Philoxenus, Menander, &c. but 

 rather flatter : mustachios on the upper lip ( ?) ; legend as in the cop- 

 per coins of the same prince, 



BA2IAEH2 NIKH*OPOY ANTIAAKIAOY. 



Reverse. Jupiter seated, holding a small victory in his right hand : 

 in his left a sceptre or trident : monogram compounded of the Greek 

 letters P and K : native legend .... I^T^I. 9. . . . "Piil-lu as on the 

 copper coins. 



Dr. Swiney possesses in the collection lately purchased by him 

 from Keramat Ali, a duplicate of this coin, which shews the com- 

 pleted Pehlevi legend to agree with that given in my former notice. 

 The device on the reverse of the square copper pieces of this prince, 

 two beehives and palm branches, denoting, as Mr. Masson conjectures, 

 plenty and peace, has been met with on a similar coin of Eucratides : 

 in whose neighbourhood, therefore, it is probable the unknown An- 

 tilakides should be classed. 



Fig. 3. An unique coin of Diomedes, found by Mr. Masson in 

 1 834, and described by him in the present volume, page 24. In the 

 memoir now before us he applies our system to the reading of the 

 native name, which he makes out TP3U/A9 ajamido, and argues thence 

 that the Sanscrit equivalent for Diomed may be Aja-medha, a prince 

 of the lunar race, who reigned at Canya-cubja. " This remark," he 

 writes, " is elicited from an observation in Dr. Mill's historical note 

 on the Allahabad pillar, (July 1834,) that the Chronicles of Marwar 

 represent Nayana Pal as having conquered Canouje in the year 470 

 A. D. from king Aji-pala, a descendant of Aja-medha. We here find 

 a dynasty bearing the common name of Aja (identical with the Greek 

 Azos), and suspected by Colonel Tod to have been of Scythic origin." 



