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V. A. Smith —Numismatic Notes arid Novelties. [No. 2, 
Numismatic Notes and Novelties , No. III. 1 Ancient and Mediaeval India .— 
By Vincent A. Smith, I.C.S. 
(With Plate XIV.) 
[Read April, 1898 ] 
INDO-BACTRIAN. 
l. Telephus. 
Copper or bronze, rectangular, measuring ’95 by ‘85 inch (= about 25x21 
m. m.), and about '15 thick. Weight 131 gr. [Rawlins]. 
Obv. Zeus (or king) seated 1., on throne with back; his r. hand advanced ; in 
his 1., sceptre. 
Greek legend, BAXIAEHX (left) EYEPrEToY (top) [T]HAE<t>oY 
(right). 
Rev. Figure (? female) to r., seated in crouching attitude, with r. arm extend¬ 
ed ; 1. arm not visible. 
KharosthI legend, Maharajasa (on right) Kalinakrama (? on top) sa Teliphasa 
(damaged, on left). 
This very remarkable piece has recently been obtained by Mr. J. 
P. Rawlins at Haripur in the Hazara District of the Panjab. 
The figure of Zens resembles that on the reverse of the XQTHPeX 
coins of Bermosus ( B. M. Catal p. 65, PI. XV, 7). The reverse device 
is unique, and I am unable to explain it. 
The reading of the king’s name in Greek is certain. The 
KharosthI equivalent could not be deciphered without the help of the 
Greek. 
The coinage of Telephus is of extreme rarity, and has heretofore 
been known in silver only. The Elliot hemidrachm in the Bodleian 
cabinet was considered unique until Von Sallet identified two duplicates 
of it among the unnamed coins of the Guthrie collection at Berlin 
(Von Sallet, p. 131). 
Professor Gardner (B. M. Catal. , p. 171) describes the Bodleian 
specimen as follows :— 
1 No. I. appeared in this Journal for 1897, Yol. LXYI, Part I, p. 1 ff.; No. II, 
appeared on p. 298 ff., of the same. 
