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forgetfulness of propriety, which I have already described as shown 

 by those of Kozoulo Kadphises and the Iiido-Scythians. Thus 

 Sasan also calls himself the " crown of the true Dharma," in a neatly 

 engraved legend placed around a figure of Jupiter holding out a 

 victory ! There are two different types of the coins of Sasan ; the 

 one rare, the other commou, both of which I will now describe. 



Fig. 29. Kound copper coin of middle size weighing 151 grains 

 -r-rare. See B.. Eochette, PL II. fig. 16, and Ariana Antiqua, PI. 

 Y. fig. 19 : also PL XV. fig. 2 of my unpublished plates. 



Obverse. Horseman as on the coins of Azas. Greek legend 

 always corrupt and incomplete, but on some specimens the letters 

 ACHC are legible below the horseman. Before the horse the Gron- 

 dopharian monograph. 



Reverse. Jupiter standing and holding out a figure of victory. 

 Ariano-Pali legend complete, excepting only a few letters which I 

 have supplied without hesitation, as the wanting letters are too 

 obvious to be mistaken. 



Maliardjasa Rajadhirajasa sachha dlia (ma-pidasd) Sasasa. 



" (Coin) of the great king, the king of kings, the (crown) of the 

 true Dharma, Sasa." 



Mg. 30. Eound copper coin of middle size, weighing 156 grains, 

 see Ariana Antiqua, PL V. fig. 20 ; and my unpublished plate XV. 

 figs. 1, 2, 3 — common. 



Obverse. Horseman as on the other, but the Greek legend is 

 always jumbled. 



Reverse. Jupiter with the Msta-pura, moving to the right. 

 xlriano-Pali legend in bold legible characters. 



Mah&rdjasa Mahatasa trddatasa Deva-hadasa Gondophara Sasasa. 



" (Coin) of the great king, the mighty, the preserver, (of the 

 race) of the divine Gondophares, Sasa."* 



I have taken Deva-hada to be the Pali equvalent of the Sanskrit 

 Deva-hridya, ^3^, the "god-hearted," of which we have a coun- 

 terpart in the Greek ®eorpo7ros. I have before me about thirty good 



* The Ariano-Pali name is written Sasasa, which I take to be the same as the 

 well known name of Sassan, the progenitor of the Sassanian dynasty. 1 possess 

 about thirty legible specimens. It is possible that this Sasa or Sassau may hav* 

 been the ancestor of Ardshir the son of Babek. 



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