652 Lassen on the History traced [No. 103. 



Greek letters great king, while the others adopt the simple 

 fiacnXevg as equivalent to MahdrdjS. It therefore almost ap- 

 pears^ as if Eukratides first used Cabulian legends, without pro- 

 perly attending to the comparative value of the different terms ; 

 since the same etymological value of two words in different 

 languages is in many cases not the same in the real acceptation 

 of the words. 



Mithridates VI . of Parthia, had adopted the title king of kings ; 

 and Eukratides seems to have imitated his contemporary in as- 

 suming this title.* Coins of Eukratides are frequently met 



with in Cabul.t 



On account of the dispute of immismaticians, we shall 

 postpone the decision, whether we must adopt two or only one 

 Eukratides, to the examination of the historic authorities. 



Antimachos. Head of the king with the Macedonian hat, 

 {kausia), and Neptune with a palm on the reverse. Epithet 

 of the king, Ofoc. A coin, published by Kohler, obtained 

 through Russia, which refers to a victory at sea. J Victory 

 dressed and winged, in the right hand a palm. Legend, 

 ANTIMAXOY BASIAEQ2 NIKHa)OPOY. Reverse, the 

 king on horseback gallopping. Cabulian legend, 'P'l^AiJ. T^i'Tlo 

 TP^u'+lO, Mahdrdjo gajavato AtimakhS.^ From Cabul. M. R. 

 R. has proved, that these coins are an imitation of those 

 of the Seleucidian Antiochos IV., who likewise styled himself 

 Ococ- Antiochos reigned 176— -164. b. c, and Antima- 

 chos therefore about the same time. The correspondence 

 of these coins with the tetradrachmas of Heliocles will also 

 give evidence, that Antimachos was his contemporary. On this 

 supposition, it becomes difficult to place both of them be- 

 fore Eukratides. The Cabulian legend points to an empire to 

 the south of the Caucasus, but perhaps not in Cabul itself, as 

 the Antimachos' coins are scanty in Beghram. I beg to direct 

 the attention to two points : the equestrian coins form a separa- 



* Visconti. Jconogr. Grecque. in. 76. 

 t As. Trans, in. 164. v. 547. 

 t R. R. J. des Sav. p. 329. ii. p. 18. 



§ R. R. II. No. 4, p. 17. A. T. IV. pi. xxi. No. 3. at the same place No. 4 

 has 3 for *-\, therefore perhaps a^, or k for kh. 



