1840.] from Bactrian and Indo-Scythian coins, 641 



club placed on a rock.* The coins presenting Hercules in a 

 standing position,, exhibit the youthful head of the king, which 

 indeed differs from the head of Euthydemos, as ordinarily re- 

 presented, and rather resembles that of Agathokles ; hence Mr. 

 Raoul-Rochette's conjecture, that Euthydemos may have suc- 

 ceeded Agathokles, and may at first have retained on his coins 

 the portrait of his predecessor, f The resemblance with that 

 king, however, appears not striking enough, and the connexion 

 between both of them could be only admitted in the reversed 

 succession. Lastly, a coin has been discovered, the reverse of 

 which represents a horse without trapping, and galloping ',X one 

 legend occurs invariably. BA2IAEQ2 EYGYAHMOY. Bronze 

 coins with an Apollo, crowned with laurel, and the reverse with 

 the tripod. R. R. II. 60. J. d. S. p. 387. 



We may get some single specimens of these coins, which 

 are distinguished for their beauty, from the south of the 

 Caucasus ; but they come in course of trade from Balkh ; 

 there occur too in Bokhara many coins of Euthedemos, bar- 

 barously executed, with an almost illegible legend, which some- 

 time eluded all attempts at reading it.§ These latter are 

 imitations, originating with the Scythians of the north, whom 

 we cannot call Indo-Scythians, as they had not arrived yet 

 in India. 



DemetrioSy son of Euthydemos, a fact confirmed by the coins. || 

 Beardless, diademed head j reverse, helmeted Minerva, stand- 

 ing, with a long tunic, and a shorter one over it, the left hand 

 leaning on the shield ; in the right a spear. Another reverse 

 with Hercules standing, either similar to the coins of the father,l[ 

 or crowning himself with his right hand ; and the head of the 

 king, elegantly adorned with the trunk and tusks of an ele- 

 phant. This latter emblem, evidently refers to his Indian con- 

 quests. Mr. Raoul-Rochette infers from the similarity of the 

 other type with that on the coins of the Eukratides, that these 



* R. R. J. des Sav. p. 328. p. 386. I. p. 7. A. T. IV. pi. XXV. No. 1. V. 

 pi. XLVl. No. 3. t I. 8. 



X As. T. V. pi. XLVI. No. 4. § R. R. I. 3. II. 12. 



II R. R. J. des Sav. p. 330. 1. p. 3. II. 17. 

 H R. R. I. p. 7. &c. II. p. 16. 



