The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c31.53

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The *rev.* type of the coins which Spalirises issued as the successor of Vonones in the suzerainty of eastern Irān is 'Zeus enthroned' (Pl. VII, 38); and, as it is evidently borrowed from the coins of Hermaeus, it may perhaps be interpreted as an indication that the kingdom of Kābul had now passed from the Yavanas to the Pahlavas. If so, it would appear that this last stronghold of Yavana power had yielded to an invasion of the Pahlavas of Kandahār. The types of these coins of Spalirises are sometimes found restruck on coins of Vonones as if they were intended for circulation in a newly conquered territory (B.M. Cat., p. 101, note).