1840.] Lieut, Cunningham on Bactrian coins. 879 



No, 8. A round copper coin of middle size, of fair make, and in de- 

 fective preservation. 



Obverse, Figure of the king on horseback to the right ; his right 

 hand raised, and extended to the front. In the field in front of the 

 horse a symbol which may be either a stiflf representation of the 

 caduceus, which is found on the coins of Maya, or it may be a mono- 

 gram composed of the Indian Pali letters m and n, ; the former is, I 

 think, the more probable. Inscription in corrupted Greek, very im- 

 perfect, BAClAeC (sic) BACIAecDN MEFA.. ....YNAO 



** (coin) of the great kings of kings Undapherras." 



Reverse. A figure, probably of Victory, walking to the right, her 

 right hand extended to the front, and holding out an indistinct object, 

 which is possibly intended for a chaplet ; her left hand holding a spear. 

 In the field to the right a square monogram, apparently composing 

 XDY, to the left a Bactrian monogram formed of the Bactrian 

 characters mi and sr probably. Legend in Bactrian Pali, TlVS "P^lu 

 l*^S^^^^^\Vy Maharajasa rajadirajasa mahatasa Andopharasa ; 

 " (coin) of the great king, the king of kings, the mighty Andophara." 



This coin only slightly differs from that published by Mr. Prinsep 

 in his Journal for July 1838, No. 14 ; and is almost the same as that 

 figured in the Numismatic Journal of London, No. — of plate 3, which 

 Professor Wilson has given to Azes, but which is undoubtedly a coin 

 of Undopherras or Andophara. 



The coins of this prince, which I have seen, are of three different 

 types, all exhibiting very different styles of execution ; some being of 

 fair workmanship with good Grecian letters, whilst others are utterly 

 barbarous. These facts, which show, by the variety of mintage, the 

 numerous mints established by this prince, likewise show the wide ex- 

 tent of his rule. 



The name of Undopherras, which has a striking affinity to the well 

 know Persian names of Phrataphernes, Dataphernes, Radhaphernes, and 

 Tissaphernes, and more particularly to Intaphernes, would lead us to 

 suppose him to be a Parthian, or a Persian ; a supposition which is 

 almost established by the evident Parthian type of the coins of this 

 prince (or of one of his direct descendants) published by Colonel Stacy 

 (Jour. As. Soc. Bengal, April, 1839). His name is spelt on some speci- 



