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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;EWC3, post: 3345985, member: 93416&quot;]Apologies - by K II&nbsp; - I meant Khusru II.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to the communist phase under Kavad matters are not so clear cut, but much later text (Arab historians - my ailing memory prompts Tabari -(?)) suggest changes around then that maybe do show up in coin.&nbsp; On all accounts we have Khusru I picking up the pieces after a Communist mess-up, and he got famous for what he did under the name Anushirwan.</p><p><br /></p><p>I see the wiki Khusru I page gives lots of detail.&nbsp; His reform seems to be a mix of pro-market moves but coupled with infrastructure investment.&nbsp; The arabs were still going on about what a great guy Anushirwan had been more than 600 years afterwards (see Ibn Khaldun on that)</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyhow - Khusru I is definately the guy who first really boosts coin production to huge levels, an example followed then by Hormizd IV and Khusru II</p><p><br /></p><p>Rob T[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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