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⁴ On his radiate crown see Rostovtzeff *op. cit.* pp. 26, 28. A. Alföldi, *Röm. Mitt.* L, 1935, pp. 139–42, thinks that, as regards Hellenistic kings, if the crown of rays be combined with the diadem it was not the Sun’s crown but a working of the Hvareno idea. One can think of cases where this might be true, *e.g.* the radiate king in a *biga* on a coin of the Iranian Maues; but I cannot believe it in the case of kings like Ptolemy III (whom he cites) or Antiochus IV, who did not adopt Iranian ideas.