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if so, it will fix the date to the latter half of the third century. At 

 any rate, it is fair to suppose that the system was copied from the 

 Roman coins, to which many other circumstances of imitation may be 

 traced ; among these, the soldier trampling on his vanquished foe in 

 fig. 14 ; and the radiated head of fig. 26, the coin without a name, 

 which is connected with the rest of the series by the equestrian 

 reverse, seems an imitation of the radiated crown of the Roman 

 emperors of the same period. 



Plate XXII. figs. 1,2, 3.— Three coins of Azos, having on the obverse, a 

 Brahmany bull, and on the reverse, a panther or lion. The monograms on all 

 three differ : legends in Greek and Pehlevi as above described. 



Figs. 4, 5. — On these the bull is placed with the Pehlevi on the reverse, while 

 a well-formed elephant occupies the place of honor on the obverse. 



Figs. 6, 7, 8. — In these the place of the elephant is taken by a Bactrian camel 

 of two humps. No name is visible on any, but the Pehlevi word "P^llU is plain 

 on No. 8, and their general appearance allows us to class them with the foregoing 

 coins of Azos. 



Fig. 9. — Here a horseman, with couched spear, in a square or frame, occupies 

 the obverse, and the bull again the reverse : the word Azou is distinct on both 

 sides. The device and attitude of the horseman will be seen to link this series 

 with the coins of Nonos, Azilisos, and others, that are as yet nameless. 



Figs. 10, 11. — A figure seated on a chair, holding a cornucopia, marks the 

 obverse of this variety ; while on the reverse, we perceive a Hercules or Mercury. 

 It was from fig. 11, (a coin presented by Mohan La'l to Dr. Grant,) that I 

 first discovered the name AZOT, afterwards traceable on so many others. 



Figs. 12, 13. — The obverse of this variety affords important information, 

 in the attitude of the seated prince. It plainly proves him to be oriental. 



The scarf on the erect figure of the reverse is also peculiar. This coin accords 

 with one depicted in the Manikyala plate, vol. iii. pi. xxvi. fig. 2. 



Plate XXIII. fig. 14. — Is one of six coins in the Ventura cabinet of the 

 same type. The soldier trampling on a prostrate foe betokens some victory. The 

 female figure on the reverse, enveloped in flowers, seems to point to some mytho- 

 logical metamorphosis. The name and titles are distinct. 



Figs. 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21. — Are all closely allied, while they serve to 

 explain figs. 11, 12, and 15, in the plate of Lieut. Burnes' coins, (J. A. S. vol. 

 ii. p. 314,) and figs. 30, 31, 32, 33, 45, of Masson's fourth series, vol. iii. 

 pi. x. They are for the most part of copper-plated, or billion, and in conse- 

 quence well preserved; the single Pehlevi letters 9, "1, *+n, &n & "P mav De 

 observed as monograms, besides the usual compounds. On 21 and 22, are the 

 first indications of a fire altar. 



Fig. 22. — This copper coin is the last on which the name Azos occurs, and 

 although quite distinct in the Pehlevi, it is corrupt and illegible in the Greek. 

 The device is similar to the preceding, with exception of a curious circular mono- 

 gram, which will be found also on the coins of Kadaphes hereafter. Masson's 

 fig. 47, is the same coin. 



Fig. 23. — A very deeply cut coin, commences anew series, in which, 

 the form of the Greek letters is materially changed. The legend is now 



