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THE PARTHIAN COINAGE.
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Innately history does not furnish us with the means of deciding which part of the Parthian
dominions belonged to each competitor.
Mithradates IV.
Plate VI. 22.
Obv. Head of Mithradates 1. diad.
Rev. (LCL* (Matradat Malka),1 and barbarized Greek inscr. Ar-
saces seated r., in front /j\.
Draclim. B.M. Wt. 54-4.
23. Obv. Same head.
Rev. Head of Herakles or a Satrap r. bare ; behind I ; above AK (year 424?).
East India House. MS A.
It is a great pity that this last coin, which should be invaluable for fixing the date of
Mithradates, should be in poor condition. AK appear to be certain, and there is space for
another letter, which can scarcely have been any but Y, for the style of the drachms fixes
them to the period between Pacorus II. and Vologeses III. On the other hand, the I is
distinct, and it is quite uncertain what it may mean. The aspect of the coin is not that
of the ordinary Parthian pieces ; it may have been issued by a satrap, if Mithradates, himself
unknown to history, can be supposed to have had satraps under him.
Artabanus IV. or Mithradates IV.
24.
Obv. Head of a King
Rev. Inscr. corrupt.
1. diad.
Arsaces seated r.;
Drachm. B.M.
in front
AVt. 54'4.
25.
Similar.
Drachm. B.M.
Wt. 55-8.
26.
Similar.
Drachm. B.M.
AVt. 55-7.
27.
Obv. Similar head.
Rev. Eagle r.
B.M. 2E
•5.
28.
Obv. Similar head.
Rev. Humped bull reclining r.; above, crescent.
B.M. 2E -45.
Varieties of Nos. 27-28, types of copper, bull’s head facing, cow’s head 1., dolphin r., griffin r. (B.M.),
emblem 2., Arsaces seated (P.O.).
The above are a few varieties of the many Parthian drachms and copper coins of rude
1 For this and the following transcriptions of Pehlvi legends, the Editor has kindly made himself responsible.
55
Innately history does not furnish us with the means of deciding which part of the Parthian
dominions belonged to each competitor.
Mithradates IV.
Plate VI. 22.
Obv. Head of Mithradates 1. diad.
Rev. (LCL* (Matradat Malka),1 and barbarized Greek inscr. Ar-
saces seated r., in front /j\.
Draclim. B.M. Wt. 54-4.
23. Obv. Same head.
Rev. Head of Herakles or a Satrap r. bare ; behind I ; above AK (year 424?).
East India House. MS A.
It is a great pity that this last coin, which should be invaluable for fixing the date of
Mithradates, should be in poor condition. AK appear to be certain, and there is space for
another letter, which can scarcely have been any but Y, for the style of the drachms fixes
them to the period between Pacorus II. and Vologeses III. On the other hand, the I is
distinct, and it is quite uncertain what it may mean. The aspect of the coin is not that
of the ordinary Parthian pieces ; it may have been issued by a satrap, if Mithradates, himself
unknown to history, can be supposed to have had satraps under him.
Artabanus IV. or Mithradates IV.
24.
Obv. Head of a King
Rev. Inscr. corrupt.
1. diad.
Arsaces seated r.;
Drachm. B.M.
in front
AVt. 54'4.
25.
Similar.
Drachm. B.M.
Wt. 55-8.
26.
Similar.
Drachm. B.M.
AVt. 55-7.
27.
Obv. Similar head.
Rev. Eagle r.
B.M. 2E
•5.
28.
Obv. Similar head.
Rev. Humped bull reclining r.; above, crescent.
B.M. 2E -45.
Varieties of Nos. 27-28, types of copper, bull’s head facing, cow’s head 1., dolphin r., griffin r. (B.M.),
emblem 2., Arsaces seated (P.O.).
The above are a few varieties of the many Parthian drachms and copper coins of rude
1 For this and the following transcriptions of Pehlvi legends, the Editor has kindly made himself responsible.