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<p>[QUOTE="philologus_1, post: 24782541, member: 92212"][USER=81887]@Parthicus[/USER] - Congrats on your lead addition! Nice and interesting catch! Thanks for posting.</p><p><br /></p><p>My only Shapur II is a VERY similar type as posted by [USER=21445]@Mat[/USER] The only difference is that Ahura-Mazda on the reverse is portrayed facing <u>left</u> on mine (Göbl type 1a/6<u>b</u>), rather than facing <u>right</u> as on Mat's (Göbl type 1a/6<u>a</u>).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1585643[/ATTACH]</p><p>Göbl type 1a/6b. 4.11 gr. Slightly smaller than average diameter; slightly thicker than average flan. (Photo from Aegean/Vcoins listing, from February 2016.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I would be interested to know a more narrowed date range of production. His lifetime of 309-379 AD is as narrow of a date range as I have ever seen. That 70-year period was both his lifetime AND his length of reign.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="philologus_1, post: 24782541, member: 92212"][USER=81887]@Parthicus[/USER] - Congrats on your lead addition! Nice and interesting catch! Thanks for posting. My only Shapur II is a VERY similar type as posted by [USER=21445]@Mat[/USER] The only difference is that Ahura-Mazda on the reverse is portrayed facing [U]left[/U] on mine (Göbl type 1a/6[U]b[/U]), rather than facing [U]right[/U] as on Mat's (Göbl type 1a/6[U]a[/U]). [ATTACH=full]1585643[/ATTACH] Göbl type 1a/6b. 4.11 gr. Slightly smaller than average diameter; slightly thicker than average flan. (Photo from Aegean/Vcoins listing, from February 2016.) I would be interested to know a more narrowed date range of production. His lifetime of 309-379 AD is as narrow of a date range as I have ever seen. That 70-year period was both his lifetime AND his length of reign.[/QUOTE]
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