124 A. F. B. Hoernle— Gold Coins from Jalalabad. [April, 
PI. 5, 8, 9, 10). The same figure is also found on coins of Ilverld (see 
Ed. Thomas’ Jainism , p. Gl, PL II, 2). On the present coins the figure is 
the same, but the attributes of Hercules are exchanged for those of Siva ; 
his trisbla or three-pronged spear (combined with his axe, as in the tri¬ 
dents of Barahat and Gopcshwar, see Wilson’s Ariana Antiqua, 350), taking 
the place of the club; his tiger skin (in Indian representations wrapt 
round the loins, but here thrown over the arm to resemble Hercules) replac¬ 
ing the lion’s skin ; his noose or the hhinlcin (the object is not quite 
distinct) the apple, and the spiral coil of hair on his head the curly hair of 
Hercules. 
(2.) Inscription alike on all 8 specimens. 
Obverse— The legend is in Greek language and Greek characters ; on the 
left BACIAEYC ooHMo, on the right KAA'MCHC, below the bust MIPAC ; 
i. e., /SacnAers oogfio-Kabcfaurq's peyas, i. e. “ king Hvemo-Kadphises the 
Great.” The word /reyac has hitherto not been read, though it was already 
remarked by Wilson ( Ariana Antiqua, pp. 354) that the lower part of the bust 
had the appearance of characters. The appearance of letters, indeed, is too 
unmistakeable to allow them to be taken as only parts of the dress. But 
owing to the fact that the letters are here cut at a higher elevation than in 
the rest of the legend, level with the bust itself, they have in most coins 
suffered so much abrasion as to be almost unrecognisable. There are, how¬ 
ever, in the present collection two coins (Nos. I and II) on which the 
letters are in a sufficiently good state of preservation to permit an attempt 
at identification. I take them to be migas, where ‘ i' is either a mistake 
for ‘ e’ or only badly cut. It should be observed (see Wilson’s Ariana 
Antiqua, 355—357, PI. XI) that both on the silver and the copper coins of 
Kadphises the word megas is not only part of the inscription, but occurs 
precisely in the same place below the bust. 
b. Reverse —The legend is in the Pali language, and in what 
has been called the Bactrian or Arian-Pali characters. It must be read 
from tbe right to the left; commencing at the top of the left side of 
the coin. It consists of 33 letters, see PL I. table I. The whole, with 
the exception of the last seven letters, is distinctly visible on coin No. I. 
The deficiency is supplied by No. II, on which the second half is distinct. 
By the help of these two specimens, therefore, the whole of the legend can 
be made out with tolerable certainty. On the others it is more or less 
imperfect. Nos. Ill and Y are quite useless. On the rest the middle 
of the legend is generally readable and available for comparison. But 
though the form of the letters is assured, their value, for the most 
part, is not so. That of the first eleven is certain ; it is Maharajasa 
rajadhirajasa. The next' is sa; 13 is unknown; 14 and 15 are loga; 
