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three times on the obverse and is always distinctly K (see PI. I, table II). 
In fact in all coins of Kanerki, having a Pali legend, r) is uniformly distin¬ 
guished in this way from k, as may be seen by comparing Nos. 19, 22, 2-Ji 
with No. 33 on table II. The corrupt form for rj already occurs in No. X, of 
Kadpliises. It is only on the Kanerki coins with a Greek legend (as in No. 
XIV), that r) appears in its proper form H ; but in these, too, K is always K, 
while the corrupt form of r/ does not occur at all (see Nos. 20 and 34 on 
table II). It may be observed that Nos. 18, 19, 21 are evidently the inter¬ 
mediate form between Nos. 17, 20 and Nos. 22, 23, 24. The legend o-qpo I 
would identify either with mra or with Mra ; o standing both for v and for h 
(see p. 126). Vira (for the fuller form virabhadra) as well as Mra are, ac¬ 
cording to Jatadhara, names of Siva. The figure is that of Siva, as shown 
by his attributes of the trisula, drum, noose and deer. Usually he has only 
two hands, but in the dliyana or religious meditation of the daily worship 
and frequently in the shastras he is represented with four. The attributes 
in such four-handed representations of Siva vary very much. Usually the 
two lower hands are in the attitudes of blessing and giving ; in the upper 
hands are a trident and thunderbolt, or trident and noose, or thunderbolt 
and drum, or axe and deer, or trident and skull, (see Moor s JJindu Pantheon, 
and Eadha Kanta Deva’s Sabdalcalpadruma). Sometimes there is an object 
in each of the four hands, as noose, red lotus, skull and trident. The com¬ 
bination of objects represented on the present coin I do not remember to. 
have met with elsewhere. 
b. No. XVI. A duplicate of No. XV. 
In the coins of Kanerki a further step is observable in the corruption 
of the form of the Greek letters, see PI. I, table II. The corruptions 
occurring in No. X of Kadphises continue. Additional are the two corrupt 
forms 44, 45 for N. The only exception is the coin No. XIV which has a 
legend not only in Greek characters but also in the Greek language. Here 
the letters are of superior make, see table II; especially N and II and 
A are well made. 
C. Coins of Ilverlci. 
Of these there is only one specimen. 
No. XVII. Obverse —Bust of king ; general posture like that of 
No. VI; to the front, head to the right; on loft cheek thick, pendent whis¬ 
kers (as in Wilson’s A. A., PI. XIV, 1 ; perhaps intended for cheek plates, 
as in PI. XIV, 3. and Ed. Thomas’ Jainism, PI. II. 14) ; chin and lips shaven ; 
dressed in coat of mail; on the head a crown or ornamental helmet (as in 
Wilson’s A., A., PI. XIV. 2), consisting of a circular band, studded with 
jewels and surmounted by a dome, which has on its side a crescent or circle. 
