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is abundantly rrianifeft, from the words SFITA- 
MAN, ESFINTAMAN, or ESPINTAMAN, the 
(20) name of either the father or one of the an- 
ceftors of Zeratufht ; XERXES, (21) AXERXES, 
or AXERSES, and others of the fame kind, that 
might, with equal facility, be produced. Whether 
therefore we read this legend PADESFIANE 
MONESH, PADESHAN EMONESH, or PA- 
DESHAN AMONESH, we cannot greatly err. 
As the coin was not fo perfectly ltruck, part of 
the Greek legend is thereby apparently loft ; from 
whence, and the evident want of a word there, we 
may conclude, that the Parthian legend, for Parthiaji 
by the explication here laid down it appears to be, 
on the correlpondent part of the reverie, muff have 
met with the fame fate. What that Parthian term 
was, I cannot take upon me to fay ; but the whole 
legend was probably fomething like THE GREAT 
KING MONNESES, MONNESES THE KING 
OF KINGS, or MONNESES (22) THE GREAT 
KING OF KINGS j all which titles are intirely 
confonant to thofe adumed by the Parthian kings (23), 
and tranfmitted down to us on their other coins. 
The Perfian, or Parthian, termination of the proper 
name MONNESES, and others that occur, was 
ESH. This may be inferred from the legend now be- 
fore me, in conjunction with Scripture (24), and has 
(20) Hyd. ubi fup. p. 18, 312. 
(21) Matth. Hiller. Onomaji. Sacr. p. 619. Hadr. Reland, ubi 
fup. p. 259—262. 
( 22) Nicol. Haym Roman, ubi fup. p. 33. 
(23) J. Foy Vaill. & Nicol. Haym Roman, ubi fup. h alib. 
(24) fifth, c. x. v. x. 
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