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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 3295670, member: 83845&quot;]Great thread and discussion so far and some really beautiful drachms!</p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite Greek-style drachm (my <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/secret-saturnalia-2018.326383/page-14#post-3278255" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/secret-saturnalia-2018.326383/page-14#post-3278255">2019 Saturnalia gift!</a>)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]872302[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Indo-Greek Kingdoms</font></p><p><font size="3">Menander I</font></p><p><font size="3">AR Drachm, Sagala(?) mint, struck ca. 165-130 BC</font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 20 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 2.46 g</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ MENANΔPOY; helmeted head of king right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: Karoshthi legend, &quot;Maharajasa tratarasa Menamdrasa&quot;; Athena Alkidemos standing left, holding aegis on outstretched left arm, hurling thunderbolt with right hand, monogram at right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: Bop 16C</font></p><p><br /></p><p>My first Sassanid drachm (nice in-hand)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]872303[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Sasanian Empire</font></p><p><font size="3">Khusro II (AD 590 – 628)</font></p><p><font size="3">AR Drachm, BBA mint (court mint), Regnal year 30, struck ca. AD 619 / 620</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: Pahlavi script at left and right. Khusro bust facing, head right, wearing winged crown with star and crescent, inside double dotted border, crescent and stars at 3, 6 and 9 o’clock.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: Date (left) and mint mark (right). Fire altar with two attendents, inside triple dotted border, crescent and stars at 3, 6 and 9 o’clock.</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: Göbl SN type II</font></p><p><font size="3"><i>Ex Sallent Collection, Ex JAZ Numismatics, Ex Aegean Numismatics</i></font></p><p><i><b><font size="4"><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/khusro-ii-my-first-tentative-step-into-a-new-collecting-area.320267/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/khusro-ii-my-first-tentative-step-into-a-new-collecting-area.320267/">Khusro II: My First Tentative Step into a new Collecting Area</a></font></b></i></p><p><i></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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