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A. Cunningham —Holies from Ancient Persia. 
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No. 3. Double Daric, gold. Author. The type is the same as that 
which is so w T ell known on the single Darics. The king, crowned and resting 
on his right, knee carries a bow in his outstretched left hand, and an arrow 
in his right. 
No. 4. Silver coin. Author. This rare coin is of the same type as 
the gold Darics and silver Darics, hut its weight is only two-thirds of that 
of the silver Daric or Siglos. This proves that the silver Siglos was divided 
into six parts, which as I will hereafter show were called danalce , in Greek 
No. 5. Silver coin. Author. The king crowned and kneeling as on 
the coin just described. In his left hand the usual how, and in his right 
a long spear, with a heavy knob at the end. In the field the Greek 
letters A H. 
No. 6. Large silver coin, weighing 407| grains. Author. Archaic 
type; crowned king in chariot drawn by four horses. 
No. 7. Large silver coin weighing 400 grains. Author. Similar 
types. 
I have seen four specimens of the former, and six of the latter type, 
brought from the Oxus find. These coins are usually named Persian octo- 
drachms, hut I believe that they should rather be called Pentasiglons, or 
Quarter Darics, as I will show hereafter. I have placed them here for the 
purpose of illustrating the following figure. 
No. 8. Gold ; full size ; king and driver in chariot. Weight 368 
grains. Lord Lytton. Horse gold, 96 grains. Author. 
In the plate the wheel has been added from that shown on the large 
silver coins. The driver in spite of his shortness is standing, while the 
tall king is sitting, with a spear in his hand, on a seat running from front 
to rear, and not across the chariot. The reins of thin gold wire still cling 
to the driver’s hands, while a similar gold wire forms the head-gear 
of the horse. The figures are all hollow, having been formed in two pieces, 
and afterwards joined rather roughly. 
I understand that a much larger chariot with wheels and horses com¬ 
plete, including also a king and a charioteer, was found last year and sent 
to England, where it was sold for a large sum. I was not allowed even to 
see it. 
Plate XIII. Statuettes. 
No. 1, front view, and No. 2, side view, of a gold figure, full size, 
weighing 1063 grains. Lord Lytton. The figure is nearly solid, and must 
have been originally mounted on horseback, as shown by the position of the 
legs and hands. I take it to be a royal personage partly from the em¬ 
broidered tunic, and partly from the tall head-dress, which was peculiar to 
the kings of Persia. 
