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<p>[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 7873036, member: 98035"]Nice one - I always loved those bull-head crowns but that's one of the few types I never did manage to own. One could make a very large, very interesting collection just of the various Sassanian-inspired coinages. </p><p><br /></p><p>A generic Shapur II imitation (sadly I had to let this one go to get some scratch for another that I needed)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1356640[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Kidarites, Kidara, loosely based on Bahram V?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1356638[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Alchons, Mihirakula, I think also loosely based on the same</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1356641[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Nezaks, Napki Malka type (I believe a synthesis of Peroz-type headgear with a Bahram V-type reverse)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1356639[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>A post-conquest type of the Nezaks now as Turk feudatories, replacing the attendants with tamghas </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1356637[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Turkic imitation of Khusro I, replacing the mint marks with a swastika </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1356634[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Also Khusro I type, but the "Phoro" type</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1356636[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Vajara Vakudeva, loosely based on Ardashir III</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1356635[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 7873036, member: 98035"]Nice one - I always loved those bull-head crowns but that's one of the few types I never did manage to own. One could make a very large, very interesting collection just of the various Sassanian-inspired coinages. A generic Shapur II imitation (sadly I had to let this one go to get some scratch for another that I needed) [ATTACH=full]1356640[/ATTACH] Kidarites, Kidara, loosely based on Bahram V? [ATTACH=full]1356638[/ATTACH] Alchons, Mihirakula, I think also loosely based on the same [ATTACH=full]1356641[/ATTACH] Nezaks, Napki Malka type (I believe a synthesis of Peroz-type headgear with a Bahram V-type reverse) [ATTACH=full]1356639[/ATTACH] A post-conquest type of the Nezaks now as Turk feudatories, replacing the attendants with tamghas [ATTACH=full]1356637[/ATTACH] Turkic imitation of Khusro I, replacing the mint marks with a swastika [ATTACH=full]1356634[/ATTACH] Also Khusro I type, but the "Phoro" type [ATTACH=full]1356636[/ATTACH] Vajara Vakudeva, loosely based on Ardashir III [ATTACH=full]1356635[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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