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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 10760590, member: 128351&quot;]are you certain this symbol on a Vahram V bronze coin is a schematic Faravahar? </p><p><br /></p><p>It could be a Persian heraldic symbol attested as early as the 3rd C. In Firuzabad (Iran) there is a huge rock-relief depicting the victory of Ardashir I and his son Shapur I at Hormizdaghan in 224 AD against the last Parthian Arsacid king Artaban IV. The characters ride caparisoned horses, and the caparisons are covered with a repeated symbol. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1524589[/ATTACH] </p><p>The symbol on Ardashir&#039;s horse caparison is the same as on your coin :</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1524590[/ATTACH] </p><p>It does not mean of course that it cannot be a schematic Ahura Mazda but, if so, what would be the meaning of the symbols on the other horses&#039; caparisons? </p><p><br /></p><p>I also happen to know an Iranian woman who has a big tatoo on her back :</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1524593[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Nice, isn&#039;t it?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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