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<p>[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 7871799, member: 82549"]I have a couple of Sasanian imitations that I received unattributed in a bulk lot. I researched these online when I first received then and found several examples identified as either Hephthalite or Nezak Hun (or both). Later, [USER=82322]@Ed Snible[/USER] told me that recent scholarship has identified these as belonging to the Western Turks. I guess that would date these to between 603-658 A.D., but I'm not really sure. I don't know when the countermarks were added, but they were clearly added later.</p><p>#1</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1356219[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse countermark is often interpreted to stand for "Phromo Kesaro," but even this has been called into question.</p><p>#2</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1356223[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>On this coin you can see where the obverse countermark has cracked the flat at around 1:00 on the reverse. This is what convinces me that the countermarks are not part of the original design. Someone accepted these for trade after the issuing authority was no longer in power. Perhaps they were added after the Western Turkic Khaganate was conquered by China during the Tang dynasty?</p><p>#3</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1356226[/ATTACH]</p><p>The thick plottens.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 7871799, member: 82549"]I have a couple of Sasanian imitations that I received unattributed in a bulk lot. I researched these online when I first received then and found several examples identified as either Hephthalite or Nezak Hun (or both). Later, [USER=82322]@Ed Snible[/USER] told me that recent scholarship has identified these as belonging to the Western Turks. I guess that would date these to between 603-658 A.D., but I'm not really sure. I don't know when the countermarks were added, but they were clearly added later. #1 [ATTACH=full]1356219[/ATTACH] The reverse countermark is often interpreted to stand for "Phromo Kesaro," but even this has been called into question. #2 [ATTACH=full]1356223[/ATTACH] On this coin you can see where the obverse countermark has cracked the flat at around 1:00 on the reverse. This is what convinces me that the countermarks are not part of the original design. Someone accepted these for trade after the issuing authority was no longer in power. Perhaps they were added after the Western Turkic Khaganate was conquered by China during the Tang dynasty? #3 [ATTACH=full]1356226[/ATTACH] The thick plottens.[/QUOTE]
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