164 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XII I, 



word would be written in Pahlavi as "Khusrui" (Drouin, 

 Revue Numismatique, III, 11, 1893, p. 168). 



Drouin refers (on the above page cited) to a coin of Khore- 

 zad-Khusrau. He says : <c We have of a certainty the coins of : 

 Kobad Shiroie (on whose coins we have the name Kobad- 



Kh 



ird " 



He has not mentioned Hormazd V, whose coins also are known. 



Noeldeke (Tabari, p. xxviii) describes a coin of Khorezad- 

 Khusrau ia the Berlin Museum. " After tlie printing of this 

 book was almost completed Dr. Ermann sent me the cast of a 

 Pahlavi coin from the Royal Coin Cabinet of Berlin which, to 

 judge by its appearance, belongs to the latest period of the 

 em pire and shows the name of Chosrau (Khusrui). The number 

 of the year is two (iartn) and the mint NIH. As Dr. Ermann 

 conjectures, this can only be Ohorezadh-Chosrau. During his 

 brief reign therefore there occurred a new-year's day; the 

 second year which he counts is conjecturally that beginning 

 with the 16th June 632 and is consequently the first of Yazde- 

 gerd III. A particularly interesting fact is that he is represent- 

 ed on the coin as wholly beardless like Ardashir III and like 

 Yazdegerd III in his earlier days. He was therefore like the 

 latter a child invested with the semblance of powrr by certain 

 of the nobles. This very well fits in with the tradition." 



Drouin supports Noeldeke in ascribing the coin to Khorezad- 

 Shusrau. " We believe very willingly with Noeldeke that the 

 piece in the Cabinet of Berlin which he describes (p. xxviii of 

 his Tabari), with the legend Khusrui is of Khosroes III Khore- 

 zad. Revue Archeologique, 1898, p. 200). 



Justi (Grundriss der Iranischen Philologie, Vol. II, 1900, 

 p. 54^) speaks of a coin of Khorezad-Khusrau which is dated 

 from the second year. It is the same that is mentioned by 

 iSoeldeke and Drouin. 



.. ^ y . coi £ i88imJ,ar t<>the one in the Ber,in Museum, des- 

 crioea by Noeldeke, as will be seen from the illustration and 

 its description later on. 



« Tt D [° U .' n laments < Kevu e Numism. Ill, 11, 1893, p. 167) that 

 tn \ ? .?• i fy °J> the last Sa "anians is confusing and difficult 

 m establish. Between Khusrau Parviz who died in February 



rhU 2 \v \ ™T 9i ° n of begird III, the last monarch of 

 * ««~ tt dynasty, at the end of 632, that is to say during 

 rn th»t k y ^ arS> " early ten sovereigns or pretenders came 



L»; «" L h ' 8 COnf usion arose P ai> tly from the brevity of 

 historian", i ea f h ° f theSe raon ^chs and partly from Oriental 

 nrnr^nr W H° d0n0tagreea9 to eith ^ the number of these 

 Ifets m ?L n . ame8 ' There are a1raosfc a9 man y different 



d.scorra^ n e l a H e J nSt0rian8 - They P rovide us with so many 

 Sas^an an, y w' fferent readin * s in the r °V a l series of the last 



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