54 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XIII, 



(558 + 15i + 5i + 3| + |i) for 12 Dirhams, and the average 

 °f 48|i grs. for the Dirham. The difference is not of any great 

 consequence, and it is clear at any rate that the Dirham was 

 valued at a little more than four annas. According to the 

 contemporary writer quoted in Jonathan Scott's Historv of 

 the Dekkan (II. 149), a rich Hindu., possessing two thousand 

 rupees worth of property, was bound to pay Thirteen Rupees. 

 Ihis corresponds, obviously, to the 48 Dirhams which the 

 (rhani or wealthy man, possessing ten thousand Dirhams, was 

 obliged to contribute, and the Dirhams must therefore have 



been equal to 16 x 13 = 208-43 annas, i.e. 4 annas and a 

 quarter. 



S. H. H. 



172. "A NEW TYPE OF SlLVER DiRHAM OF THE SASSANIAN 



Monarch ZXmasp (Jiiaisp)." ] 



k Tu My rrS. ttenti °^ was drawn recentl 7 to the article thus entitled 

 by Mr. Ihanawalla, thanks to the kindness of my learned friend 

 ut. J J. Modi in putting at my disposal the back numbers of 

 the Numismatic Supplement. Careful consideration of the des- 

 cription and the illustration of the coin leads me definitely to 

 the conclusion that the drachme in question is not attributable 



.o^r SP T WaS ? SSU6d by ^ usrau L I ™uld hesitate to 

 come forward were it not for the following forcible reasons. 



om j • .} P , we have to consider the form of the 

 ZZZtTT^ ° n the I ™ 0f these two sovereigns, following 

 where >Z 1? ^° maS T h0 , d6clareS that " in ™t cases, even 

 ria^nnr ^ 8 ^ h °P e eSsly oh *™™ or obliterated, we can 



the i<Z $7^™ W,t ? 5 th cf Utmo8t certaint y »>v the test of 

 S ft th . e _ c J<™ " (Sassanians in Persia, p. 26). Now 



and st ar Tb,° Zamasp hitherto P ublished hav'e^he crescent 

 under Lot, t ""J" 8 ° f the crown > whe ™ 8 the coin 



over the frr^ 6 ^ 8 th68e 8ymbols above the front ed * e ' 

 corns of ^ head '/n arrangement followed invariably in the 



clearlv bv"fJ ? U h P"l im P ortan t difference is illustrated 

 Z r IS tl tW ° coin \ de Pioted on Plate XXVIII which ac- 

 companied he same number of the Supplement. 



tion of T II' the , c ° mS ° f Zamas P ah ^ys bear the representa- 



hat ?'* a fe a 3tate ^ft supported by the remark of Drouin 



who tends b^ n C ° lnS th S king is re P^ented with an infant 



at ^Dom! Pi ^ XVinT' C Arch6olo ^ ue > 1898 ' ** 



monarch m^t ° f *5 ° reSCent over the Moulders of the 



p. 5M JA ' S ' K ' VoK Vm ' No - »• Numismatic Supplement No. XX. 



