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Very nice write-up @Valentinian . Here's an AE fals of the Samanid ruler Mansur I, struck in Bukhara and dated 356 AH (AD 967): [ATTACH]
Actually, I'm perfectly fine with this. Most American viewers have at least a vague understanding of upper-class versus lower-class British...
Very nice coin! I like Ariobarzanes' use of the epithet "Philoromaios" in the legend- he knew which regional power would ultimately win and he...
Some good suggestions by @Only a Poor Old Man for primary texts. If you're also interested in modern historians' take, I recommend the work of...
The best recent book on Sasanian history that I know of is "Sasanian Persia: The Rise and Fall of an Empire" by Touraj Daryaee. An older but...
[ATTACH] Sasanian Empire. AR drachm (3.96 g, 27 mm). Ardashir II (379-383 AD). Obverse: Bust of king right, Pahlavi inscription around...
[ATTACH] Sasanian Kingdom. AR drachm (26 mm). Vahram II (c.276-293 AD). Obverse: Busts of King Vahram and Queen Shabuhrdukhtag facing right,...
Unfortunately I've been very tardy in posting my wins this year. Here's what I did post in Q2 and Q3. A scarce Parthian tetradrachm of Vonones...
I like the sharp portrait on this as of Domitian, with Moneta on reverse: [ATTACH] And this provincial bronze from Caesarea Maritime in Judaea is...
Hmm, Claudius Alexandrian diobol with a hippo on reverse: [ATTACH] CTBS, friend.:woot:
I can state, with near-100% certainty, that I am the only CT member who owns a coin of the Khazars: [ATTACH] Khazar Khaganate. AR dirham (26 mm,...
Well, since you asked for coins of Khusro I, here's a drachm from Darabgard: [ATTACH]
Thanks for the comments, everyone. @lordmarcovan : I was going to include a photo of the reverse on which I'd outline the undertype, but I...
Very nice coins! I visited Tanzania on safari in 2015 and hit most of the popular spots in the northern region (Arusha, Serengeti, Ngorongoro)....
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[ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. AR tetradrachm 29 mm, 12.69 g). Vonones I (8-12 AD), dated Gorpiaios, 322 Seleukid...
Very nice coin @DonnaML . My own Octavian is even lower in technical grade, but I think it's still not bad aesthetically, plus the lituus on the...
The Baltimore Whitman Expo is still on for November 18-20 at last report. Definitely hoping it will go on (if it can be done safely), there's...
I have a number of drachms of Khusro II (his are the most common Sasanian coins). Here's an especially nice example, also from Rayy, Year 30:...
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