MENAKDER

59

Metal
No.

Obverse

Beverse

M

480

4811

482

483

484

and owl; silver, round

Bust of Pallas to r., helmeted.
Greek legend reading continuously
round coin, as on No. 373.

Very scarce.

W. 32.
8. -65.

Owl walking to r., with head
facing. Continuous Kfa. legend
as on No. 373.

G. B. PL VI.

(6) Type: bust of king, and asyncretic winged figure,

with title AIK AI OS; silver, round

BAS1AEHZ AIKAIQY
MENANAPOY
Diademed bust of king to r.
Unique.

W. 37.
S. -7.

Maharajasa dhramikasa Mena-
drasa.

Winged figure walking to r.,
bearing wreath and palm.

To r. M. 71.

PL VI.

(t) Type: Pallas and Nike; copper, square

Winged Nike standing to r.,
with palm and wreath.

Maharajasa tratarasa Mena-
drasa.

To r. M. 34.
G. B. PL VI.

BASIAEnZ

MENANAPOY

Helmeted bust of Pallas to r.

W. 240.
8. -9.

8. -9.

1 One or two extremely rare copper coins of Menander of the panther type—see No. 515—are
known on which the king is entitled AiKAiOZ. Two silver AIKASOS coins were in
the White King Collection, Sale Catalogue^ Part I, Nos. 964 and 965. This specimen has come
from it to the Lahore Museum via the Bleazby Cabinet. The second coin was of a different
type, the bust of the king on the obverse side being helmeted, and the reverse design is that
of a mounted horseman. There are two silver A1KAIOZ coins in the British Museum
of a third type, the reverse design being the conventional figure of Nike. On all four silver
coins the bust is that of an aged man^ so it would appear that towards the end of his long
reign the title of Menander on the coinage was altered from 2EX1THP to A i K AIOZ.

Attention is drawn to the reverse design of this coin as conceived by the oriental Greek
die-cutter. The figure is winged, and bears a wreath and palm, so must be meant for Nike,
But, on the other hand, the deity is dressed like Artemis, and wears the cap peculiar to the
Dioskouroi. The head is surrounded by what looks like a halo, but is more probably intended
to represent a veil floating round the head—compare the figure of Artemis on a copper coin of
Maues, S. M. Cat., PL XVI. 4.