GEEEK KINGS OF BACTEIA AND INDIA

Metal
No.

130

131 *

182

Obverse

Beverse

(6) Type: helmeted bust of king ami Nike; copper, square

Nike standing to 1. bearing
wreath and palm.
R, Kh. Maharajasa.
Rest illegible (worn).

Helraeted bust of king to r. as
before.

L. BAZIAEnZ
Above, MEfAAOY
R. EYKPATSAOY

W. 52.
8. -65.

(0 Type: heltneted bust of king and enthroned Zeus;
copper, square

As on No. 130. Zeus sitting on throne to front,

holds wreath and palm; to r. of
. 65. throne forepart of elephant (not

8. -8, visible on this specimen), and to

L a pilos; above this indistinct
monogram. Kharosthi legend,
beginning from r. "and going

round the coin, Kam£iyenaga-----

G- B. PL III.

(K) Type: bust of king and palms of Dioskouroi;
copper, square

As on No. 130, but bust of king
without helmet,

W. 46.
S. -5.

Palms and piloi of the Dios-
kouroi.

To r. Kh. Maharajasa.

To 1. Kh. JS'mJcratitasa.

No monogram.
& B. PL III

1 Sir Alexander Cunningham read the reverse legend to mean 'The god of the city of
Karisi'—see Coins of Alexander's Successors in the East, p. 169. The correct reading, KMOyt
nagara dwata, < the city-deity of KapiSa >, was first given "by J. Mar^nart, MrtiriSaJir, pp. 280-281,
and its importance was emphasised by Professor Rapson in J.R.A.S., 1905, pp. 783-786'
a was the capital of 0andhara.