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the Greek titles are not repeated on the reverse, and we there- 

 fore cannot derive any advantage from discussing them here. 



After mahdrdgo tdddro we expect the name of a king, which 

 must be contained in the symbols TltT^uJ.* 



The writing does not compel us to divide the word in two, 

 as Mr. Prinsep proposed, because V is placed in the middle. 



The second letter, if properly drawn, can only be k, and there 

 is no room for doubt on this point, as the coin itself was in the 

 hands of Mr. Prinsep. The fourth character, though most 

 closely approaching the form of dh, may likewise be taken for 

 an n ; it is accompanied by ee. Mr. Prinsep indeed substitutes 

 for this the figure £ in his print, but on the coin it is such as 

 I represent it. 



Thef initials being therefore Miko, may correspond with the 

 Greek Mi/cw, Me/co>, Mjjkco, Mvku). It appears probable, that 

 the next letter of a Greek word is rather n than dh, which 

 would be only substituted for d. We lastly meet with f and 

 the unlucky letter n, which may be taken for t, d, or r, and 

 affords a beautiful opportunity for a guess. 



Since Mc/c is not the beginning of any Greek word, and no 

 king is likely styled Mjj/cwvirtc, the initial letters must cer- 

 tainly be Mikid or Mvkio ; we cannot say much in favour of Mik, 

 even if we would look for an absorbed r in the native character, 

 viz. MiKpw. 



We therefore come to Mu/cw, and here Mvkwvioq, from the 

 island Mycone, appears of itself; Mvkojvi^q is indeed not a 

 Greek name, otherwise known, though it would be least objec- 

 tionable to read in this way the native characters. If n were 

 allowed instead of % we should obtain Myronides, who would 

 be admitted with much less opposition as a king, not yet known 

 at the Indus. But not indulging such a supposition, merely 

 arbitrary, we do best to wait for further discoveries. 



* Mr. James Prinsep reads T>n2T>"hlf> the name here referred to Faka- 

 saqlitasa. — H. T. P. 



t Mr. James Prinsep 's discovery of the letter lf>, as equivalent to the 

 Greek 0, resolves the difficulty, felt by Mr. Lassen, at finding, what he read 

 as u> me at the beginning of the name of Agathoeleia. In this word it is 

 apparently the equivalent of the Greek digamma.— H. T. P. 



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