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and charafter at this time unknown. The legend 
confifls of ten complete elements, placed behind the 
Victory above-mentioned ; betides which there is one 
in the field of the medal, being probably the initial let- 
ter of the name of the city where the coin was flruck. 
The metal, tho’ termed by me brafs, difcovers fome- 
thing of a competition timilar to that of his Grace 
the Duke of Devonshire's medal of Vologefes III. as 
deferibed by (i) Sig. Haym. This coin, of which 
I herewith tranfmit you a draught mold accurately 
taken (See Tab. IV. Fig. i.), having not yet, as I 
apprehend, been published ; you will permit me now 
to offer a few curfory remarks upon it, drawn up in 
the fhortefi: and mod concife manner poflible. 
i. The Greek legend, had all of it appeared, 
would undoubtedly have been either BACIAeouN 
MerAC MONNHCHC, or BACIASTC BAClAeioN 
MerAC MONNHCHC; of which I fhould chute 
the former, notwithtianding it is fuch Parthian Greek, 
as the round of the medal feems not to have been 
capable of containing the latter. It will be, at firfi: 
tight, obferved, that this legend is different from 
thofe of the Parthian coins hitherto deferibed ; which 
are exhibited in the ( 2 ) genitive, not the nominative, 
cafe. The laft two letters MO leave no room to 
doubt, tho’ the O is not fo extremely well preferved, 
that the piece was ftruck when Monnefes fat upon the 
(1) Nicol. Haym Roman. Del. Tefor. Britan. Vol. ii. p. 36, 37. 
In Londra, 1720. 
(2) J. Foy Vaill. in Arfacid. Imper. Parifiis, 1728. Numifm. 
Antiqu. Colleft. a Thom. Pembroch. et Montis Gomer. Com. P. 2. 
T. 76. Nicol. Haym Roman, ubi fup. p. 30 — 38. 
Parthian 
