172 A. Cunningham— Relics from Ancient Persia. [No. 3, 
right hand. To right, legend in ancient Pehlavi characters, and one letter 
to left. 
As this piece is an undoubted copy of Alexander the Great’s gold coins, 
it is possible that the letters Iir or 73, may stand for the date, which would 
be 312—73 = 239 B. C. 
No. 23. Gold. Rouble stater , only a paper impression seen. The 
coin is similar to fig. 9, Plate XVII, but with the ancient Pehlavi legend of 
the above seal and coins. 
No. 24. Gold. Rouble stater, 0‘85 inch, weight 256 grains. Author. 
Plate XVII, fig. 9. 
Obv. Youthful head of Alexander the Great, covered with the skin 
and tusks of an elephant’s head. 
Rev. Victory winged, with palm branch and wreath to left. In the 
field to left, head of Bukephalos, and below the Greek letters AI. 
As these are the well known types of Alexander the Great’s gold money, 
this piece was most probably issued from one of the Eastern mints some 
time during his reign. 
Alexander the Great. 
No. 25. Of Alexander the Great about one hundred tetradraehms and 
as many drachms were comprised in the Qxus find, the greater number of 
them in very poor condition. I have kept one of the tetradraehms which 
is in very good preservation on the reverse. It is of the usual type of the 
seated Zeus, with the name only in small neat characters. In the field to 
left is a three quarter horse feeding. Beneath the chair is a monogram 
formed of the letters IIAAH and under the eagle a second monogram 
No. 1351 of Muller, which with the horse is found on the coins of the 
Larissa mint. 
Andragoras. 
Contemporary with Alexander are the coins of Andragoras in gold and 
silver, which bear the name only without the title of king. Admitting the 
correctness of the conclusion, the coins must belong to the person mention¬ 
ed by Justin as Andragoras, a Persian nobleman, who was made governor 
of Parthia by Alexander, to whom the kings of the Parthians afterwards 
traced their origin.* A second Andragoras, also a governor of the 
Parthians, is afterwards mentioned by Justin, as having been slain by 
Arsakes, the founder of the Parthian monarchy, in B. C. 248. If the 
title of BA^IAEO^ had been upon these coins, I should have assigned 
them to him at once, as one of the governors who followed the example of 
Dioclotus and revolted against Antiochus II. of Syria. But the absence 
* Justini, XII. 5. Parthis deinde domitis, praefectus his statuitur ex nobilibus 
Persarum Andragoras ; unde postea originem Parthorum reges habuere. 
