

1230 Second Notice of some forged Corns, S^c. [No. 108. 



five have the face looking to the right, and five have it to the left ; the 



reverse of all of thena being Minerva Promachus. It is needless to 



describe them more particularly, as they are equally barbarous in 



execution with those which have already been noticed ; but there is 



one peculiarity observable about them, which alone is sufficient to 



stamp them as bungling forgeries ; namely, that the legends on all the 



pieces of Menander are reversed both in Greek and in Bactrian Pali, 



the former reading from right to left, and the latter from left to right. 



The average weight of these pieces agrees with that of the genuine 



coins, being 36^ grains. 



Alexander Cunningham. 



