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NUMISMATA ORIENTALIA.
workmanship and debased legend which abound. That they are later than Pacorus II. appears
from a comparison of legends, and, on the other hand, they appear to precede the pieces of
the Vologeses III.—VI., because the head on them is diademed; while the head of the later
princes always wears a helmet. They therefore fall into the reigns os Artabanus IV., Mithra-
dates IV., and
their contemporaries.
Vologeses III.
Plate VII. 1.
Obv. Head of Vologeses 1. wearing helmet, around the edge of which are what look like
hooks; behind A.
Rev. BASIAEQS BA^IAEQN APSAKOY OAATA^OY AIKAIOY EHKDANOYS <PIA-
EAAHNO£. Vologeses, seated 1., receives wreath from a City who holds sceptre.
Date <? T.
Tetradrachm. B.M. Wt. 212-6.
2.
Obv. Same head, behind, E.
Rev. As last. Date TAY riEPITEIOY.
Tetradrachm. B.M. Wt. 206-8.
3.
Obv. Same head.
Rev. Head of City r. turreted and veiled. Date HAY.
B.M. _ZE -65.
4.1
Obv. Head facing in helmet with cheek-pieces. Date 0AY.
Rev. City seated 1., hand raised to head; in front, palm.
B.M. JE -7.
5.
Obv. Head as No. 1.
Rev. Inscr. corrupt. Arsaces seated r.; in front
Drachm. B.M. Wt. 54‘6.
6.
Obv. Same head; behind p*) (Vol).
Rev. (As last.)
7.
Obv. Same head.
Rev. Eagle 1. in wreath, beak.
B.M. DE -5.
Varieties of Nos. 1-2; on obv. A, B, F.
The dates of the tetradrachms are as follows: 389 (B.M.), 389 Daesius (P.O.), 390 (B.M.),
390 Daesius (P.O.), 390 Embolimus (the intercalary month, the Marquis de Lagoy, Bev. Num.
1855) ; then a break, after which a constant succession from 431 (B.M.) to 449 Dius (B.M.),
and 450 Apellaous (P.O.). The other dates of the copper are 423, 424, 430, 438, 439 (B.M.), 434,
1 I am not sure that this piece might not with almost as great propriety be given to Chosroes.
NUMISMATA ORIENTALIA.
workmanship and debased legend which abound. That they are later than Pacorus II. appears
from a comparison of legends, and, on the other hand, they appear to precede the pieces of
the Vologeses III.—VI., because the head on them is diademed; while the head of the later
princes always wears a helmet. They therefore fall into the reigns os Artabanus IV., Mithra-
dates IV., and
their contemporaries.
Vologeses III.
Plate VII. 1.
Obv. Head of Vologeses 1. wearing helmet, around the edge of which are what look like
hooks; behind A.
Rev. BASIAEQS BA^IAEQN APSAKOY OAATA^OY AIKAIOY EHKDANOYS <PIA-
EAAHNO£. Vologeses, seated 1., receives wreath from a City who holds sceptre.
Date <? T.
Tetradrachm. B.M. Wt. 212-6.
2.
Obv. Same head, behind, E.
Rev. As last. Date TAY riEPITEIOY.
Tetradrachm. B.M. Wt. 206-8.
3.
Obv. Same head.
Rev. Head of City r. turreted and veiled. Date HAY.
B.M. _ZE -65.
4.1
Obv. Head facing in helmet with cheek-pieces. Date 0AY.
Rev. City seated 1., hand raised to head; in front, palm.
B.M. JE -7.
5.
Obv. Head as No. 1.
Rev. Inscr. corrupt. Arsaces seated r.; in front
Drachm. B.M. Wt. 54‘6.
6.
Obv. Same head; behind p*) (Vol).
Rev. (As last.)
7.
Obv. Same head.
Rev. Eagle 1. in wreath, beak.
B.M. DE -5.
Varieties of Nos. 1-2; on obv. A, B, F.
The dates of the tetradrachms are as follows: 389 (B.M.), 389 Daesius (P.O.), 390 (B.M.),
390 Daesius (P.O.), 390 Embolimus (the intercalary month, the Marquis de Lagoy, Bev. Num.
1855) ; then a break, after which a constant succession from 431 (B.M.) to 449 Dius (B.M.),
and 450 Apellaous (P.O.). The other dates of the copper are 423, 424, 430, 438, 439 (B.M.), 434,
1 I am not sure that this piece might not with almost as great propriety be given to Chosroes.