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A. Cunningham— Belies from Ancient Persia. 
Obv. Diademed head o£ king to right in bold relief. Duplicate very 
flat relief. 
Rev. Head of Bukephalus to right, horned and bridled, with twisted 
forelock between the horns. In field AI. Inscription as on No. 66. 
Nos. 68, 69, 70. Silver. Tetradrachmas, 105 inch. Weights 
258, 259, 261 grains. Author. See Plate XVIII, fig. 9. 
Obv. Diademed head of the king to right. The head on the heaviest 
coin is younger, and of much finer execution than the others. 
Rev. Horned and bridled head of Bukephalus, with three tufts of 
hair between the ears. In the field to right the letter A in a circle. 
Inscription as before. 
Nos. 71, 72. Silver. Tetradrachmas , 1*0 and 0'93 inch. Weights 
256 and 260 grains. Author. 
Types as on the last, but the head of Bukephalus much larger, and 
with only one tuft of hair between the ears. Monogram and inscription as 
before. 
No. 73. Silver. Tetradrachma , 1-00 inch. Weight 251 grains. 
Author. Duplicate, Mr. A. Grant. See Plate XVIII, fig. 10. 
Types the same as on the last, but with the addition of the letters 
ABIA above the name of Antiochus. See Numismatic Chronicle, XX, 
Plate X, fig. 1, for Mr. Grant’s coin. 
Mr. Percy Gardner has suggested that ABIA may probably be “ the 
beginning of the name of some Satrap, or semi-independent ruler of a 
district in Bactria, or the Paropamisus.” The horned horse’s head, he notes, 
is “a type belonging specially to those regions.” 
Nos 71, 75, 76. Silver. Drachmas , 0’65 inch. Weight 65 grains. 
Author. Duplicates 61’5 and 63 grains. 
Types exactly the same as the Tetradrachmas , Nos. 68 to 70. 
Nos. 77, 78. Silver. Hemidrachmas, 053 inch. Weight 31*5 
grains. Author. Plate XVIII, fig. 12. 
Types the same as the Tetradrachmas, Nos. 68 to 70. 
No. 79. Silver. Drachma, 065 inch. Weight 61 grains. Author. 
A remarkably fine coin, Plate XVIII, fig. 11. 
Obv. Youthful head of king to right in bold relief. 
Rev. Head of Bukephalus horned and bridled, with one tuft between 
horns. Inscription as on No. 66. No monogram. 
No. 80. Silver. Tetradrachma, 1Y0 inch. Weight 253 grains. 
Author. Duplicate, POO inch, 252 grains. Plate XVIII, figs. 11, 15. 
Obv. Middle-aged head of king to right. 
Rev. Apollo seated on Cortina with 2 arrows in right hand. Inscrip¬ 
tion as on No. 66. In the field to left the letter A in a circle. 
