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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1343178, member: 26302&quot;]Just in case you are curious how these coins got to be different, the greek style continued down through the Parthians. When the Sassanids took over, to quickly mint coins they simply took the Parthian coins, (and some roman), and hammered them flat, then struck them. This made a thin broad coin. When the Arabs took over Persia, they contniued this design, because by then this was &quot;what coins looked like&quot;. So, your Islamic coins are thin and broad. </p><p><br /></p><p>Just an aside, but the kind of info I find interesting. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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