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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1304996, member: 26302&quot;]Great job Ziggy. Though I see you were &quot;cheating&quot; by being a Byzantine collector. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, this is a piece struck under the Sassanids during their temporary occupation of Alexandria under Khusrau II. This is the same Sassanid king that sacked Jerusalem and took the &quot;true cross&quot;. I always found this period interesting since it basically allowed Islam to spread. The Byzantines overextended themselves under Justinian, and were exhausted and broke after his reign. The Sassanids took advantage, and took some of the east. Then the Byzantines reacted, and the two great empires of the time wore each other out fighting each other and neither had the strength to defeat the new Islamic power.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway its a neat piece. I had always thought I would be smarter than others and be able to find one of these cheap in a junk box, but it never seemed to happen. The prices on these with full cataloging go fairly high, so I was happy to compromise and get this much below a dealer cost, but more than a &quot;junk box&quot; find.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit; For those of you wondering value, (since it always seems to come up), I was hoping to buy one some day for $20, but listed at dealers they seem to list for between $150-500, if you find one, so the $50 or so I spent on this one I am happy with. I would have gone to over $100.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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