648 Additions to Bactrian [July, 



In lieu of the head of Heliocles, the obverse bears an elephant, 

 naked, walking to the left, Greek legend as above. The reverse is 

 irrecoverably lost. 



It is perhaps unnecessary here to retract my former doubts of the 

 existence of a Heliocles in the Bactrian dynasty, since they have 

 long been removed by the account of silver medals in France. We 

 have as yet seen none but these two copper specimens in India, but the 

 probability is that both silver and copper might be found in Bactria 

 proper, to the north of the Hindu Rush or Imaus. 



An opinion has been started by Mionnet in opposition to many 

 European numismatists that Heliocles was no other than Eucr a ti- 

 des the second, the parricide. The surname of AIKAI02 so unsuitable 

 to such a character he supposes given through fear or adulation ; which 

 I agree with M. R. de Rochette in thinking too great an anomaly to 

 be allowable : but without seeking to account for this staggering cir- 

 cumstance, we can now help M. Mionnet to a very powerful argument 

 in his favor from the unique coin of Dr. Lord described in a former 

 part of this paper, which proves that Eucratides' father was a Helio- 

 cles ; and we know that it was common to call an eldest son by his 

 grandfather's name, as is indeed universally the custom to the present 

 day both in eastern and western countries. 



Fig. 9. I have introduced this duplicate of the single mutilated 

 ^oin depicted in fig. 8. PI. XXI. Vol. IV. among the then doubtful 

 group, because General Ventura's present specimen exhibits the 

 name in the Bactrian, "PA9, ayasa, and thus proves it to belong to 

 the abundant series of AZES' coins. 



Fig. 10. is a square copper coin of Lysias kindly added to my cabi- 

 net by General Ventura. 



It is in better preservation than any before published. 

 Obverse. BASlAEns anikhtOt AT2IOT. Head of Lysias, with dia- 

 dem. Mionnet says of a similar coin ' represents en Hercule, la 

 massue sur l'epaule gauche' — but I do not perceive these characteristics 

 very distinctly. 



Reverse. Bactrian legend *PVM ^^4^9 "PiJMu maharajasa 

 opavihatasa lisikasa, ' of the unconquered king Lisika' 



I perceive that both Mionnet and M Raoul de Rochette give 

 to Lysias the square coins of Spalyries or Spalurmes ; though there 

 is no resemblance whatever between them. M. Raoul de Rochette 

 writes in the Journal des Savants : Mars 1836, p. 136 : 



" Cette autre medaille de Lysias differe sous tous les rapports de 

 celles que nous possesions deja du m&me prince : elle est restee incon- 



