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Note, to he appended to my account of the coins of Mayas, in the 

 article on " Some New Bactrian Coins^^ No, 105. 



In the Journal of the Asiatic Society, vol. iv. plate 21, No. 4, there 

 is a sketch of a square copper coin of large size, which Mr. James 

 Prinsep attributed to Antimachus. M. Jacquet (Jour. Asiatique, 

 February 1836, p. 170, No. 48,) thought that it belonged either to 

 Lysias or to Philoxenes ; and M. Raoul-Rochette (J. des S. March 

 1836, p. 131, note 2,) recognized it as a coin of Philoxenes, from its 

 native legend. The coin, however appears to me to belong to Mayas ; 

 the Bactrian Pali legend being plainly 



'p9h;Tn'iu Ta-T^a["n Ta^lu] 



. \^Maharajasa ra'] jatirdjasa mahatasa Mdasa. 

 ** [Coin of the great king, the king] of kings, the mighty Mayas ;" 

 and from this the Greek legend is readily completed — BA2IAEQ2 



BA2IAEQN MEFAAOY MAYOY. 



Dr. Chapman possesses a duplicate of this coin, which has 



A2IAEQ2 BA2IA AY O, on the obverse; and an^^ii... 



[ra^jatiraja [*«], on the reverse. 



It is a curious fact, that the copper coins of the earlier Bactrian 

 princes are, in comparison to the silver coins, extremely scarce. Thus 

 of Euthydemus there are but a few copper pieces known, and all of one 

 single type. Of Demetrius there are, I believe, but two copper coins yet 

 known, both of which are in the possession of Captain Hay, and I 

 hope shortly to make them public. Of Antimachus not a single speci- 

 men has yet been found to my knowledge, and yet his silver coins are 

 moderately common. A. Cunningham. 



This note to Lieut. A. Cunningham's interesting paper, published in my 

 last number, reached me after the sheets had been struck off. 



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