134 Second Notice of some new Bactrian Coins. [No. 122. 



2QTHP0E innOSTPATOY. " (Coin) of the King, the Saviour 

 Hippostratus." 



Rev. A horse to the left. Grecian monogram in the field. ArianO- 

 Pali legend on three sides, Maharajasa tddarasa jay a fdharasaj Hijpdsta- 

 tasa. " (Coin) of the King, the Saviour, the victorious Hippostratus." 



Dr. Chapman possesses a large square copper coin of this Prince, of 

 a different type, having a giant with snaky legs as on the drachma of 

 Telephus. Three specimens of a third type of Hippostratus are likewise 

 known in Dr. Chapman's, Lieut. Combe's, and my own cabinets, having 

 Apollo and the tripod, as on the coin of Strato No. 4. On all of these 

 coins we find the title of Soter only; but on the coin sketched in the 

 plate, the Ariano-Pali legend gives the commencement of the title of 

 jayadharasa, which is used indifferently for the Greek Nicator, and 

 Nicephorus. 



No. 10. A round Drachma of Azas in my own possession. I have 

 introduced this coin here, because the type of the reverse is different 

 from any yet described on the coins of this Prince. Jupiter appears 

 standing full front, grasping a thunderbolt in his right hand, and hold- 

 ing a long sceptre or a spear in his left hand. This type is the same as 

 that of the drachmas of Vonones. 



No. 11. A round Copper Coin of middle size, in the possession of 

 Colonel Stacy. A sketch of this piece has already appeared in the Ben- 

 gal Journal, vol. viii. for April. 



Obv. King's head diademed and bearded to the left; the hair ar- 

 ranged in large massy curls ; the neck and shoulders draped and orna- 

 mented with strings of jewels. Corrupted Greek legend, as read by 



Colonel Stacy, BACIAGYC BACI (\euv pey) AC 11AKOPHC. 



" The great king of kings, Pakores." 



Rev. A winged Victory to the right, holding out a chaplet in her 

 right hand. Ariano-Pali legend MafharajasaJ rajadhirajasa mahatasa 

 Pakorasa. " (Coin) of the great king, the king of kings, the mighty 

 Pakores.'' The coins of Gondophares or Undapherras bear precisely 

 the same type, a bust and Victory; but on the coins of Pakores, there is 

 a remarkable change observable in the Pali characters, each letter having 

 an angular foot-stroke added to the left. These ornamental additions to 

 the Pali characters prove that the coins of Pakores are of a later date 

 than those of Gondophares and of his nephew Abdgases, on which the 



