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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrsmat71, post: 2018820, member: 42634&quot;]here&#039;s a recent bargain bin purchase that goes along with this thread.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/firealtar_zps751593b0.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/firealtar_zps751593b0.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/eastern%20coins/firealtar_zps751593b0.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>arab bukhara</p><p>abassid caliph al-mahdi</p><p>775-785 AD</p><p>billon drachm</p><p>o:sassanian influenced bust, arabic legend behind (al-mahdi), sogdig legend before (king of bukhara?).</p><p><br /></p><p>r: heavily stylized fire altar and attendants</p><p><br /></p><p>26 mm</p><p>2.5 g</p><p><br /></p><p>coins of this style were originally sassanian influenced sogdian coins, with arab legends added after the arab conquest of the area.</p><p><br /></p><p>while i was looking for stuff about this coin, i saw a few posts of the type made by members here a while back that i had missed somehow.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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