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XXII. Some Remarks on a Parthian Coin 
with a Greek and Parthian Legend y never 
before publifhed. In a Letter from the Rev . 
John Swinton, M.A. of Chrift-Church, 
Oxon. F. R. S. to the Rev. Thomas Birch, 
D . D. Secret. R. S. 
Reverend Sir, 
Read Mar. 24, A S we know little of the reigns of 
7%, the latter Parthian kings, and lefs 
ftill of their coins; an attempt to ftrike out even the 
lead; new light on either of thofe heads will not, I per- 
fuade myfelf, prove unacceptable to the Royal Society. 
In this perfuafion, I do myfelf the honour to fend 
you a few conje&ures upon another brafs Parthian 
medal, in my poffeffion, as remarkable, on account 
of the double legend it contains, as the former, which 
I endeavoured a little to illudrate about a year ago. 
This medal, which certainly merits the attention of 
the curious, is in very good confervation, and ap- 
proaches near the lize of thofe of the middle Roman 
brafs. It exhibits the head, or effigies, of a Parthian 
king, with a beard, diadem, and hair formed into 
iuch curls as I never yet obferved upon any an- 
tient coins. Under the effigies, the Greek letters 
EACIAGcoN MGrAC MO-; •:•:>, which demonftrate 
the piece to be Parthian, appear; and, on the reverfe, 
a Vifiory , done fomething after the Roman manner, 
tho’ the workmanfhip is pretty rude, prefents itfelf 
to our view, together with a legend in a language 
