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Another mint monogram RIU, which is the second part 
during the reign of Firoz I (459-484) and then is frequently 
seen on the coins of his successors till 629, 
Néldeke (Z.D.M.G., 1877, p. 150; and 1879, p. 141) con- 
siders it to represent Réw- Ardashir. 
Mordtmann (Z.D.M.G , 1879, p. 120, No. 21) identifies 
it as representing Rai (Rhages), in the ec of the modern 
Taharan, and ee it with the mint .,,'', Ar Ral, of the 
Khalifs on their dirhan 
De Morgan (Revue Numismatiqn, 1913, p. 490, § 134) con- 
siders this Pwotcaneishaee he ceptable. 
he Arabs Bteaiered this mint, as the monogram RIU 
is found on es drachms in the years A.H. 35 and 43. 
cs) Rai was one of the greatest and most celebrated cities 
of ancient Eran. It is the ‘ Payai of the Greeks. Various 
kings have been mentioned by different authors as founders of 
this city. The latest Sasanian founder was Firdz / (459-484), 
son of Yezdegerd II (438-457), who named it jy el, Ram- 
Firdz. There are still remains visible at Rai, but it is not 
certain whether they are those of the famous Rhages or an 
That they are those of the Arabian Rai there can be v 
little doubt; but whether the latter occupied precisely ‘ee 
same ie as "the Parthian and the Achaemenian Rhages is not 
certai 
te describing another rare mint-monogram KVN BBA 
(Numismatic Supplement, XXX, p 256 sq.), f Pots gente the 
meaning of the word kavan as ‘‘rovyal.’’ It was at the time 
doubtful whether this word was applied as an honorary 
whether KVN BBA represented another city. Now it is 
possible to believe that kavan was an honorific epithet, and 
that it was applied to the two cities represented by the mono- 
grams BBA and RIU. 
VIII. A Drachm of Bahram Gor. 
It is curious to note that Thomas (Sassanians in Persia, 
Pp. 77 sq., Plate VII, Fig. 10) has been led astray, by a legend 
engray ed evidently by an ignorant er reste into supposing a 
drachm of Bahram V Gor (320-438) to be one of Bahram VI 
Chobin (590-591). All the known coins oe the latter are senses 
copies of those of Hormazd IV (579-590) and are of his first 
regual year, displaying the indication of mint cities. ram 
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