434 Notice of some Unpublished Coins [No. 162. 



phisasa TatasaJ " (Coin) of the great King, the " King of kings, the 

 every-where-destroying-hero, the hero- of- the -world, (of the tribe of) 

 Hieu-mi, Kadphises, the preserver." On one well preserved coin the 

 letter hi is omitted in the middle of the inscription, which, if intentional, 

 simplifies the third title to ' Sabatoga-Surasa,' "the all-pervading hero." 

 Sabatu is the regular Pali-form of the Sanscrit Sarvvatra, everywhere, 

 in all places. 



The coins which I am now about to describe, with the single excep- 

 tion of No. 4, have all been in my own possession. My gold coins have 

 passed into the hands of Sir Herbert Maddock ; but I still retain perfect 

 impressions of them both in lead and sealing-wax. Figs. 2, 3 and 4 

 are unique ; fig. 5 is not uncommon ; but finely preserved specimens, 

 such as the one now published, are extremely rare. Fig. 6 is unique. 

 Of Fig. 7, I have seen only three specimens ; one of smaller size in Mr. 

 James Prinsep's cabinet ; a specimen in my own possession from the 

 Kabul valley ; and the coin now published, which was amongst those ex- 

 tracted by General Ventura from the Manikyala Tope, and is now in my 

 cabinet. Fig. 8, is common ; but good specimens are very rare. Figs. 

 9, 10 and 1 1 are all rare : the last is the rarest, and the first the least rare. 



No. 2. — A round gold coin, weighing 122 grains, of very good make, 

 and in excellent order. 



Obverse, Half length figure of the king inclined to the left ; the head 

 encircled by a halo, and dressed in a highly ornamented tiara : flames issue 

 from his shoulders ; his left hand grasps a sceptre, and in his upraised 

 right hand he holds before him a cylindrical object by a handle below. 

 His dress consists of an under robe fastened down the middle, and an 

 upper garment open in front, with loose sleeves, and adorned with 

 necklaces and armlets. Inscription around the piece in barbarous 

 Greek characters PAO NANO PAO O (vpKt) KOPANO, "The 

 King of kings, Hoerki, Koran." 



Reverse. A full length winged female figure, dressed in an upper gar- 

 ment with short sleeves, and in a long under robe reaching to her feet : 

 she carries a trident, or perhaps an elongated cornucopia in her left 

 hand, and in her right she holds out a chaplet. In the field to the 

 right is the usual monograph of the Indo-Scythian coins ; and to the 

 left in bad Greek characters the legend CAMI (or OANI) MAO ; 

 the whole ornamented by a dotted circle. 



