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<p>[QUOTE="Pellinore, post: 4876682, member: 74834"]Most certainly. Maybe also because they are thin, delicate and often angular, not round and dumpy. But they are also less 'Greek', more challenging to Western eyes. There's much to scrutinize, there are many new variants to discover. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1177883[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>AE 1/12 unit Kavad I, 499-505. Obv. Crowned bust in pearl rim, moon and star outside it. Rev. Fire altar with assistants, moon and star between them. 12 mm, 0.40 gr. Cf. Göbl 186, crown II, rev. year of reign 13-19.</p><p><br /></p><p>And there's the much more varied area of Arab-Sasanian (local) copper coinage. Much of these were based on Sasanian examples, like Arab-Sasanian silver, but more fanciful. I must confess the silver Arab-Sasanian drachms and half-drachms are getting a bit tiring, to me at last.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1177887[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Sasanian or Arab-Sasanian AE, late 6th or 7th century. Obv. Uncertain Sasanian bust right. Rev. Fire altar with ribbons; attendants flanking. 14 mm, 0.5 gr. <a href="https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=197112" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=197112" rel="nofollow">Zeno 197112</a>. Comment on the CNG website, where I bought this coin: <i>Evidence of possible flip over double strike, as well as possible undertype. Interesting. This coin may be an official Sasanian issue, or possibly an early Islamic issue of Arab-Sasanian type. Only further research, especially with the possible undertype can untangle this Gordian Knot.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pellinore, post: 4876682, member: 74834"]Most certainly. Maybe also because they are thin, delicate and often angular, not round and dumpy. But they are also less 'Greek', more challenging to Western eyes. There's much to scrutinize, there are many new variants to discover. [ATTACH=full]1177883[/ATTACH] AE 1/12 unit Kavad I, 499-505. Obv. Crowned bust in pearl rim, moon and star outside it. Rev. Fire altar with assistants, moon and star between them. 12 mm, 0.40 gr. Cf. Göbl 186, crown II, rev. year of reign 13-19. And there's the much more varied area of Arab-Sasanian (local) copper coinage. Much of these were based on Sasanian examples, like Arab-Sasanian silver, but more fanciful. I must confess the silver Arab-Sasanian drachms and half-drachms are getting a bit tiring, to me at last. [ATTACH=full]1177887[/ATTACH] Sasanian or Arab-Sasanian AE, late 6th or 7th century. Obv. Uncertain Sasanian bust right. Rev. Fire altar with ribbons; attendants flanking. 14 mm, 0.5 gr. [URL='https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=197112']Zeno 197112[/URL]. Comment on the CNG website, where I bought this coin: [I]Evidence of possible flip over double strike, as well as possible undertype. Interesting. This coin may be an official Sasanian issue, or possibly an early Islamic issue of Arab-Sasanian type. Only further research, especially with the possible undertype can untangle this Gordian Knot.[/I][/QUOTE]
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