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ed the aera of the Arfacidae, (3) nearly coincident 
with the 205th of Christ, when Septimius Severus 
fat upon the imperial throne. 
2. With regard to the Beta behind the head of 
Vologefes III. which is alfo vifible on feveral other 
Parthian coins, I (hall beg leave to remark, that it 
cannot well be confidered as the initial letter of the 
word BOAATACHC, or BOAArACOT, the name 
of the prince in whofe reign thefe medals were 
(truck. For that very name originally occurred, as 
is evident from the part of it which (till remains, on 
the reverfe of the Duke of Devonfhire’s coin, with 
a publication of which the learned world has been obli- 
ged by Sig. Hay m. It will therefore be readily acknow- 
ledged, by all who have been converfant in this branch 
of literature, that the Beta here was intended to re- 
prefent the word BOAATACIAC, BOAOrEQAC, 
BOAAFACIAAOC, or BOAOrECl AAOC, the name 
of the city where the piece was coined; at lead this 
mud be admitted, if we pay any regard to the au- 
(3) My fupputation here is founded upon the moft received opi- 
nion, with regard to the commencement of the Parthian sera ; 
which has been placed by Dr. Vaillant and M. L’Abbe de Lon- 
guerue, who are herein generally followed, in the year of Rome 
498. It happened, however, about twenty-feven years later, ac- 
cording to Sig. Corfini, a gentleman of profound erudition, who at 
prefent makes a very confiderable figure in the learned world. J. 
Foy Vaill. in Arfacid.bnper. p.4. Parifiis, 1728. Ludovic. Du Four 
de Longuerue, Ab. S. Joan, de Jardo ad Melod. et Sept. Pont, in 
Therafc. in Annal. Arfacidar.p. 2, 3. Argentorati, 1732. Edvard. 
Corfin. Cl. Reg. Scholar. Piar. in Acad. Pifan. Humanior. Litterar. 
Profef. De Minnifar. aliorumq-, Armen. Reg. Num. et Arfacid. E- 
pech. Dijfertat. p. 13 — 29. Liburni, 1754. 
thority 
