The Greeks in Bactria and India c10.s7.284

c10.s7.284

The coin is one of a pair with identical obverses, which cannot be separated; but I will leave the second coin⁴ for the moment, merely saying that the humped bull on its reverse shows that both were minted at Pushkalāvatī, the capital of Gandhāra. The types on the first coin were said by the older numismatists to be, obverse, elephant running with wreath in trunk; reverse, king to front seated cross-legged on a cushion with a sword across his knees.⁵ I will take the reverse first.