KHARAHOSTES

159

Metal
No.

M
912

93l

Obverse

Reverse

KHAEAHOSTES x
(a) Type: king on horseback and lion; copper, square

XAPAHLsJCTEI CATPAFTEI
APTAYOY

King on horseback with levelled
spear to r.

To r. Kh. saw.

W. 123.
S.-8.

Lion to r.

KIi. legend Chatrapasa pra
Kharaostasa Artasa putrasa.

Tor. X.

Above, Kh. monogram.
G-. B. PL XVI,

% horseback and standing figure;
copper, square

As on No. 91, but Greek legend
illegible.

W. 39.

S, -5.

Unrepresented types: None.

Standing figure to front.

Kh. legend-----raosta putrasa

1 The recognition of the fact that the letter H in the Greek form of Kharahostes is h and
and not w is due to Dr. Fleet; see J.R.A.S., 1907, pp. 1048-4.

This discovery offers a convincing explanation both of the omission from the Kh. form of
the name of any aTcsara corresponding to w, and of the otherwise anomalous use of the initial
form of the aksara o,

The G-reek word APTAYOY is not a compound; the two words APT A and YOY are
both in the genitive singular.

2 The Kharosthi legend shows that the satrap Kharahostes was son of one Arta. He has
been identified with the KharaSsta of the Mathurl Lion-Capital, "but this identification was
disputed by Biihler, The name of the satrap is preceded by the monosyllable pra} the meaning
of which has not yet been elucidated. These points are discussed by Prof. E. J, Rapson in
Part VI of Notes on Indian Coins and Seals.

3 This new and unpublished type was one of the unidentified coins in the Bodgers
Collection. I think my attribution is certain because of the characteristic use of the initial
form of the ahsara, o in the Kharosthi inscription. I have seen two other specimens of
this type.