160

INDO-PABTHIAN KINGS

Metal

3STo.

Obverse

Reverse

JB

04 l

ARSAKES THEOS

Unrepresented types:

(i) The Indo-Parthian type.

Cunningham, Coins of the Sakas, PL XI. 11, 12. M
On a good specimen of this type in the Bodleian Collection, the

Greek legend--------AP^AKDY GE-----is fairly legible.

(ii) The Arsakid type. Sq. JE

B. M. Cat, PL XXXII. 12.

SOTEK MEGAS

(a) Type: helmeted bust of king and horseman, with Greek
legend only; copper, round

95

Within reel and pellet border
helmeted bust of king to 1., hold-
ing spear in outstretched hand;
no inscription or monogram,

W. 191.

8. -9.

To r. M. 9.
To 1, Kh. «

B. -95.

King on horseback to r. with
ankus in outstretched r. hand.

Greek legend..... A€YBA

CIA€Y---

To r. M. 9.

PL XVI.

but Greek inscription is
€Y(i}NCO)THP M€---

To r. M. 9.
G. B.

06 2

(/3) Type: bilingual, king on horseback and standing Zeus;
copper, round

Zeus to r. with r. arm out-
stretched and long sceptre in L
hand.

Kh. legend Maharajasa rajati-
rajasa mahatasa tratarasa ra - -

To r. flower-pot and plant.

To L Kh. vi.

PL XVI.

-—(ON COJTHP M€A.....

King on horseback to r. with
ankus in raised r. hand.
To r. M. 9.

W. 141.
8. -8.

1 The only specimen of this rare type known to me in which monograms are absent from
the obverse side. Coin "No. 95 is a normal specimen.

2 The coins of Soter Megas purport to be struck by an anonymous ruler calling himself
the King of Kings, the Great Saviour. Are they to be reckoned a separate series issued
anonymously by some king whose name is otherwise unknown to us, or are they the currency
of a monarch whose name we know, possibly from other coins as well as from inscriptions ?
The coins are found in extraordinary abundance, and over a wide stretch of country
extending from Peshawar to Mathura. These facts point to great power and a long reign, and