1840.] Lieut, Cunningham on Bactrian coins. 875 



found in the same position on the square copper coins of Antialcidas, 

 is most probably only a thunderbolt; and as the head on these coins 

 of Antialcidas, as well as on the similar square copper coins of Lysias, is 

 undoubtedly bearded, I think we may safely infer that it represents 

 Jupiter Nicephorus, and not the prince himself. 



Reverse. The caps of the Dioscuri, surmounted by the stars Castor 

 and Pollux, with two palms placed between them ; in the field below is 

 a monogram which seems to be composed of the letter MOI. Legend 

 in Bactrian Pali, disposed circularly, 1>^'1iHl9l3['P-|]^Aa 1>iL"iau, 

 Maharajasa jay adha( rasa) Antialikidasa ; "(coin) of the victori- 

 ous great king Antialcidas." 



This same type of the caps of the Dioscuri is found on many of the 

 coins of Eucratidas, both in silver and in copper, and also on one cop- 

 per coin of Lysias. The make of the square copper coins of Antialci- 

 das, which is precisely similar to that of the square coins of Lysias, is 

 totally different from that of all the square coins of Eucratidas, which I 

 have seen ; and this being the case, I do not suppose that the identity of 

 type indicates any connexion between these princes — but merely 

 proves that Antialcidas must be nearly contemporary with Eucratidas, 

 or perhaps a little later, for all his coins yet found, both in silver and in 

 copper, have bilingual inscriptions. With Lysias, however, I suppose 

 the connexion to be closely and clearly indicated, for the coins of these 

 two princes are identical in type, shape, and appearance, and also in 

 thickness. The numismatic relations between this prince and Anti- 

 machus are striking and obvious ; both princes wear the Macedonian 

 helmet, which is likewise worn by Amyntas on a beautiful drachma in the 

 possession of Dr. Chapman, and both take the same title of Nicephorus: 

 both have the figure of Victory upon their coins, and both occasionally 

 employ the same monograms ; all which coincidences lead me to assign 

 to Antialcidas a rank in the same dynasty with Antimachus and Phi- 

 loxenes, and immediately following the latter prince, or about b. c. 

 150 to 140. 



The princes whose coins I am next to notice are of uncertain origin, 

 not one of them having a purely Greek name. On the early coins of 

 this class, however, the names are expressed clearly enough in Grecian 

 characters, but on the coins of the later princes the names expressed 

 in corrupted Greek characters are doubtful, and vary on different 



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