FIROZE. 
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great man ; being surnamed Zoolaktaf, and renowned for his 
victories over the Roman emperors Julian, Constantius, Jovian, 
&c. His son, Baharam IV. commemorated the fame of his 
father, in the sculptures at Tackt-i-Bostan ; but we must ob¬ 
serve, that the costume on the head of Shapoor Zoolaktaf, 
under the small arch of the excavation, is different from that of 
the monarch on the coin. The shape of the altar on the reverse 
is different from all in the preceding; but the supporters are, as 
usual, crowned. They appear to be leaning on their sceptres ; 
the common way was to hold them erect. 
No. 9. is in a style differing almost entirely from any before 
described: still, however, the globe and wings mark the royal 
diadem ; but the globe here, appears to rise out of a crescent. 
The legend is composed of scarcely half the number of letters 
given in any of the former; and, from the undecided forms of” 
these, I have found it impossible to combine those on the face 
into any distinct meaning. On the reverse, there are a few, 
which may be construed into Pirouzi, or Firouzi. Two characters, 
near the left-hand supporter, appear to be numerals, and agree 
perfectly with those signs in the Zend and the Pehlivi, which 
denote 300 and 70. The heap on the altar looks more like fuel 
than flame ; and the costume of the supporters is totally dis¬ 
similar from any on the preceding coins. Between their heads 
and the pile on the altar, are a crescent and a star, in the same 
way as we see them on the reverse of Shapoor II. On the coin 
'of Baharam Gour, (No. 4.) the crescent is mixed with other 
symbolical figures, also near the supporters. Firouzi, or Firoze, 
(the Peroses of the Greeks,) to whom I impute this piece of 
money, was the grandson of Baharam Gour. Having been for 
some time deprived of his crown by his younger brother, he 
