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A. F. R. Hoernle —Gold Goins from Jalalabad. [Apeii, 
Explanation. Obverse -Figure and legend as on No. XI, except that 
the legend is in the Greek language ; on tho right of the coin BAC C 
BACI on the left AEON KANHPKoY, i. e., /3a<n\w pacnXtw kov^kov, 
meaning “ the king of kings Kanerkou.” The title Tcorano is omitted ap¬ 
parently only for want of space, the Greek legend occupying more room than 
the Pali one. The termination ou of the name seems to he only a giascified 
form of the Pali i. . . 
Reverse -The figure is clearly that of the moon-god. This is shown 
by the attribute of the crescent on the shoulders, as well as by the legend 
in Greek language and Greek characters CAAHNH, i. e., moon, 
though it is wrongly spelled with a for e. As the figure is male, it 
is meant for the Bern Bunns as seen on the coins of Asia Minor (see Wilson 
A A 3GO). The figure very closely resembles that of the Sun-god (or 
Apollo), as seen on No. XII; the principal difference being the crescent 
here for the rayed nimbus there. t . 
This coin also is unique and is the most important of the collection, being j 
so far as I am aware, the only specimen, known hitherto, which has the legend 
selene. All those, known hitherto, of a like kind, i. e., bearing similar figures 
on the obverses and reverses,have Pdli legends, viz., on the obverse raonano rao 
etc., on the reverse mao (see Wilson A. A., PI. XII, 1, 13). The latter has 
been rightly identified with the Zend mao and Sanskrit mdsa “ moon” (see 
Wilson A. A. 3G0). The present specimen is their exact Greek counterpart. 
Those coins of Kanerki which bear on the reverse the legend nanaia should 
not be confounded with these. Nanaia is the Persian Artemis and her figure 
is very different. It is that of a woman, with quite different attributes 
and without the crescent (see Wilson’s A. A., PI. XI, 17). The I all 
counterparts of the nanaia coins bear the legend nana or nano (see llson, 
PI. XII, 2, 12). 
5. Two Specimens. 
a. No. XY. Obverse —Figure and inscription exactly as on No. XI. 
Reverse —Figure, slightly effaced, the same as on No. XVII, where 
it will be described. Monogram as on No. XII; on the right of the coin 
the inscription ; circle of dots along the rim, slightly worn. 
Explanation. Obverse —Figure and inscription as on No. XI. 
Reverse —The legend is in Greek characters oHPo. It has generally 
been taken to be oxpo ( olcro, see Wilson’s A. A., 361), but, I am persuaded, 
wrongly. It iso rjpo {oiro'). The second letter is a corrupt form of vj (No. 22 
on PI. I, table II). The same corrupt form also occurs on the obverse in 
tho name Katurkou where it undoubtedly stands for rj. The letter « occurs 
