150

1NDO-PAETH1AN KINGS

Metal
No.

Obverse

Reverse

BL
35!

37

(S) Type: mouiited king and standing Zeus with name

billon, round

Zeus to r. as on No. 1.
Kh. legend—
B.. Jayatasa tratarasa.
L. Indravarma put rasa.
Above, Strategasa.
Below, A^pavarmasa.
To r. Kh. a, si, and M, 4.
To L M. 2 and M. 5.
G. B. PL XV.

Greek legend corrupt and il-
legible.

King on horseback to 1. with r.
hand extended; in front of horse
the Gondopharian symbol 5 an(^
Kh. lu. Under horse apparently
a modification of M. 2.

W. 149.
S.-8.

S. -8.

S. -8.

G. B.

(€) Type: king on horseback and Pallas; billon, round

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King on horseback to r. with
r. arm extended; in front of horse

5

"W. 142.
S. -9.

Pallas standing to r. with r.
arm advanced; spear and shield
on L arm.

Kh. legend Maharaja rajadiraja
tratara dewvrata Gudupharasa.

To r. M. 1 and Kh. ma.

To L Kli. monogram.

a B. PL xv.

1 I have already published this type as a coin of Gondophares and Aspavarma—see N. S.
XIV, § 82, I need not dwell on the differences between this coin and the known type of Azes
and Aspavarma illustrated at PL XX. 2 of the £. Jf, (Jot, as they are so apparent. My reasons
for attributing the coin to Aspavarma acting as the governor or satrap of Gondophares,
although the name of Gondophares cannot be read in the illegible Greek inscription, are briefly
these:

(i) The Kharosthi inscription resembles that on the coins of Azes and Alpavarma, but
there is the additional epithet tratamsa. I invite attention to the unusual, if not unique,
arrangement of the inscription.

(ii) The coin not only bears the planetary symbol used by Gondophares, but it agrees
closely in design with a known type of Gondophares—see 1. M. Cat, PL IX. 9. Each piece
has five monograms, and three of these are common to both coins.