536 Notes on Captain Hay's Bactrian corns. [No. 101. 



notwithstanding which, the king's name has proved an insurmount- 

 able difficulty. 



The two Moosulmaun lumps of copper at the foot of the plate re- 

 quire no notice. 



PLATE II. 



No. 1. A square copper coin of middle size, and apparently 

 in good preservation. 



Obverse. — The figure of Hercules naked, standing to the front, 

 holding the club and lion's skin in his left hand, and crowning 

 himself with his right hand ; a type similar to that on the coins of 

 Euthydemus and Demetrius. Legend on three sides /3a<7(\£&>c 

 |3a2IAEQN MErAAOY oNQNoY. -(Coin) of the great king 

 of kings, Vonones." 



Reverse. — Figure of Minerva armed, half turned to the left, with 

 a buckler on the left arm. Bactrian legend in three lines [_Maha- 

 rajasa rajatirajasa mahatasa~] Balabarasa " £coin of the great 

 king, the king of kings, the mighty] Balbara," the name being the 

 only existing portion of the Bactrian legend. 



No. 2. A square copper coin, of middle size, in very good pre- 

 servation. 



Obverse. — The king's head bare and diademed, to the right, with 

 the shoulder clothed. Legendin three lines BA2IAEQ2 2QTHP02 

 EPMAIOY. " (Coin) of the saviour king Hermceus." 



Reverse. — A horse moving to the right ; beneath the horse a 

 Grecian monogram composed of the letters <!> and I. Bactrian legend 

 in three lines; Maharajasa dadatasa Ermayasa. "(Coin) of the 

 great king, the saviour Hermceus." 



No. 3. A square copper coin, of middle size, seemingly in good order. 



Obverse. — The king's head bare to the right, the shoulder clothed. 

 Legendin three linesBA2IAEQ2ANIKHT0YAY2I0Y. -(Coin) 

 of the invincible king Lysias. 



Reverse. — The bonnets of the Dioscuri, surmounted by two curves 

 —over which are two dots, most probably intended for the stars 

 Castor and Pollux, which are seen over the bonnets of the Dioscuri 

 on the coins of Antialcidas; these stars escaped the observation of 

 Mr. Prinsep, of Professor Wilson, of M. Jacquet, and even of the quick- 



