540 Notes on Captain Hay's Bactrian coins. [No. 101. 



Reverse. — A tripod ; in the field two Bactrian letters which ap- 

 pear to be ri and u ; legend in Bactrian characters, Maharajasa nan- 

 datasa Apaladatasa. " (Coin) of the great king, the saviour Apollo- 

 dotus." 



No. 2. — Round copper coin of middle size, and apparently in good 

 preservation. 



Obverse. — Head of the king bare and diademed, to the right, with the 

 chlamys on the shoulder. Legend — BA2IAEQ2 2QTHP02 EP- 

 MAIOY. " (Coin) of the saviour king Hermoeus." 



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

 lion's skin hanging over his left arm, and the right hand holding his club, 

 which rests on the ground. Legend in Bactrian characters imperfect. 



The inclined attitude of the figure of Hercules, which makes Cap- 

 tain Hay suppose that he is leaning back against something, results in 

 my opinion rather from the position of the left hand on the hip, 

 which causes the body to be slightly bent. This inclined attitude, 

 which is more or less so on different specimens, may after all only 

 be intended to show that the figure is in the act of advancing. 



No. 3. — A round copper coin of middle size, and very imperfect. 

 This piece is in my opinion only a very bad specimen of the common- 

 est type of the copper coins of Hermoeus, of which the following is a 

 description. 



Obverse. — Head of the king, bare and diademed, to the right, with 

 the chlamys on the shoulder. Legend, in fair Greek characters, 

 BA2IAEQS 2QTHP02 EPMAIOY. " (Coin) of the saviour 

 king Hermoeus." 



Reverse. — The Olympian Jupiter seated on a high backed chair, 

 half-turned to the left, and extending his right hand in a dignified 

 manner. Legend in Bactrian characters — Maharajasa dadatasa Er- 

 mayasa. " (Coin) of the great king, the saviour, Hermoeus." 



No. 4.— A round copper coin of middle size, apparently in good 

 preservation. 



Obverse — Figure of Abundance seated on a high backed chair, 

 slightly turned to the left: her right hand raised, and the left holding 

 a horn of Plenty. Legend BA2IAEQ2 BA2IAEQN ME- 

 TAAOY AZOY. " (Coin) of the great king of kings, Azes." 



Reverse.-^ Hercules standing, resting his left hand on his club, 



