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<p>[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 7871914, member: 98035"]Nice examples!</p><p><br /></p><p>A few years ago I branched out into Hunnic imitations of Sassanian coins, as a sort of preface to my Gadhaiya collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>I picked up four of these "Tokharistan" types because the faults made them too cheap to pass up (we're talking like $5-10 here!)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1356259[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1356258[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1356257[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1356256[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I also picked up a small set of the predecessor to this series; Peroz-imitations without the countermarks typically found on these</p><p><br /></p><p>Fine style, no tamghas in die - these are easy to distinguish because of the pellets added outside the obverse border, and the mint was replaced by Bactrian, I believe ALCHOON</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1356289[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Crude style, but still no Tamghas</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1356290[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>These were very cheap - first has Alchon tamgha engraved at about 7:00, and a Bactrian or soghdian countermark[ATTACH=full]1356291[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Second has another tamgha at about 3:00[ATTACH=full]1356292[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 7871914, member: 98035"]Nice examples! A few years ago I branched out into Hunnic imitations of Sassanian coins, as a sort of preface to my Gadhaiya collection. I picked up four of these "Tokharistan" types because the faults made them too cheap to pass up (we're talking like $5-10 here!) [ATTACH=full]1356259[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1356258[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1356257[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1356256[/ATTACH] I also picked up a small set of the predecessor to this series; Peroz-imitations without the countermarks typically found on these Fine style, no tamghas in die - these are easy to distinguish because of the pellets added outside the obverse border, and the mint was replaced by Bactrian, I believe ALCHOON [ATTACH=full]1356289[/ATTACH] Crude style, but still no Tamghas [ATTACH=full]1356290[/ATTACH] These were very cheap - first has Alchon tamgha engraved at about 7:00, and a Bactrian or soghdian countermark[ATTACH=full]1356291[/ATTACH] Second has another tamgha at about 3:00[ATTACH=full]1356292[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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