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1898.] V. A. Smith.— Numismatic Notes and Novelties. 
coin seems to be male, rather than female, and there is no iota in the 
name. I suggest this identification with reference to Dr. Stein’s re¬ 
marks on oANINAA, which are as follows :— 
“ With Verethraghna we may connect most appropriately the winged Goddess, 
who appears in the distinct type of a Nike holding wreath and trophy-stand on 
some rare gold coins of Ooerki (see No. VIII; Cat. p. 147). Her name, which, with 
a slight variation, is written both oANINAA and oAN I NAo, induces me, in 
conjunction with the very characteristic type, to identify her with the female genius, 
whose name vanainti ujparatat ‘ victorious superiority * is invariably coupled in all 
formulas and invocations of the Avesta with that of Verethraghna (comp., e.g., Yagna 
I. 6, Vispered I, 6, Yasht XIV, o). 
We prefer this explanation all the more to the hitherto accepted theory, which 
identified oAN INAA with the star Vanant (a male deity !), as it disposes effec¬ 
tually with [sic] the two difficulties involved by the latter; both the female re¬ 
presentation of oANINAA and the Iota of the name are now easily accounted 
for, the former by the feminine gender of vanainti (uparatat), and the latter by the 
well-known phonetic influence of epenthetic i.” 1 
Inasmuch as the deity BIZAf"o is found only on coins of Huviska, 
and the king’s effigy is more like that of Huviska then that of Kaniska, 
I am of opinion that this coin with the effigies of BIZAPo and 
oANAAAo should be ascribed to Huviska. 
UNKNOWN DYNASTY (? of Odumbara.) 
VIII. Bhanumitra. 
Moderately thick die-struck silver (? base) coin. Diara. *75. Wt. 72 gr. 
[Talbot.] 
Obv. Male figure standing to 1., wearing hat and tunic ; 1. hand on hip, r. arm 
extended across spear. Remains of legend outside spear. Behind figure, a snake- 
on end. 
Rev. A small elephant, with rider, in upper 1. field, proceeding to 1. 
Legend in early Brahmi characters Cri-Bhanumitrasa. 
The word Cri is faint, to the 1. of the rider’s head, but clearly visible on 
the original coin. The upper part of the m is separated from the lower. 
The reading of the reverse legend appears to be certain. The 
characters seem not to be earlier than B. C. 100 or later than A. D. 100. 
This coin belongs to a group which has been described by Cunning¬ 
ham in association with the ancient coins of Odumbara or Kangra. 
The coins described by him are those of:— 
Raja Mahadeva ... C. Anc. I. p. 68, PL IV, 5. 
Raja Rudra Varma ... ibid. „ PI. IV, 6. 
Raja Aja Mitra ... „ p. 69, PI. IV, 7. 
I “ Zoroastrian Deities on Iudo-Scythian Coins,” Steia ( Oriental and Babylonian 
Record, August, 1887). 
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