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The illustration A. at page 58 below shews a coin of Huvishka, the reverse of which has been presented by Thomas in this Journal, 1877. 212, plate, fig. 7; by Gardner in his Catalogue of the Coins of the Greek and Scythic Kings of Bactria and India, plate 28, fig. 7; and by Cunningham in his Coins of the Kushāns, plate 22, fig. 17. For the casts from which I illustrate this coin and two others which have to be noticed along with it, I am indebted to Mr. Allan, of the British Museum.
page 57 note 1 He also (IA, 17. 90, 92, 94) found Mihr, Mithri, names of one of the other months, in the Mioro, Müro, etc., on other coins of the same group; Athra, Ātash, names of the ninth month, in the Athsho, Athosho, of the coins; and Xanthēri, Xanthri'orē, etc., names of the sixth month, in the Shaorēoro, Shaurēoro, of the coins. He seems, in fact, to have been far too much influenced by that line of thought. But, while we may differ from him in respect of some of his conclusions, we cannot recognize too cordially the great service that he rendered by establishing the sh-value of the character 
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page 57 note 2 It may be observed, however, that the arrow has no prominence on the coin: it is not shewn at all: the prominent attributes are the bow and the quiver.Google Scholar
page 57 note 3 The passage is the well-known one:—“And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians”.Google Scholar
page 59 note 1 Roberts, in his Introduction to Greek Epigraphy, part 1. 273, has noted a "form 
which is apparently a transition form between H and the Tarentine ├.”Google Scholar
page 59 note 2 When I wrote that note, I had lost sight of the fact that Dr. Stein had already identified the name Oēsho, Oēsha, with the Sanskṛit Vṛisha, through, in his opinion, a Prā;kṛit form *vesha.Google Scholar
page 60 note 1 Attention may be drawn to a detail which is clear enough on the original coins, but is not quite so evident in the illustration which give. The 
of the name 
is represented, not by two complete circles, but by two semicircles, with the open part downwards. Why this should have been done, is not apparent: the die-sinker was plainly a good artist; and he could, surely, have easily made room enough to form the two vowels fully, by making the nimbus somewhat smaller.Google Scholar
page 60 note 2 It is treated in this way again on the reverse of a coin of Artemidōros (Gardner, plate 13, fig. 2). But there the goddess stands facing: and, judged by the hand - drawn illustration in Cunningham's Coins of Alexander's Successors in the East, plate 14, fig. 4, she seems to be holding the bow in a different manner,— horizontally, or almost so.Google Scholar
page 60 note 3 Encyclopaedia Britannica, 7. 795.Google Scholar
page 61 note 1 I am indebted for this reference to Mr. Wroth, in answer to an inquiry about his mention in his Coins of Parthia, introd. 20 f., of the temple of Artemis (Nanaea) in the kingdom of Elymais (Susiana).Google Scholar
page 61 note 2 For instance, holding a horse-headed or deer-headed sceptre (Gardner, plate 26, fig. 3; Cunningham, Coins of the Kushāns, plate 22, fig. 12): riding on a lion (Coins of the Kushāns, plate 22, fig. 20).Google Scholar
page 62 note 1 The name of Hēra (Juno) of course suggests itself. But no authority can be found for connecting the bow and quiver with her, and none of her real attributes are found here. And, while the die-cutters of Kanishka and Huvishka, or the persons from whom they obtained their designs, may have used the same figure, or closely similar figures, for different deities, there is no good reason for imputing to them mistakes in the matter of attributes.Google Scholar
The Greeks had also the name Hērōl but, in addition to its having omega instead of omikron, it appears to have been confined to (1) a daughter of Danaus, (2) a daughter of Priam, and (3) the well-known priestess of Aphrodite of the story of Hērō and Leander.
page 62 note 2 Regarding this goddess, see also Jastrow, , The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria, 122 ff.Google Scholar