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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Whizb4ng, post: 1783778, member: 54140&quot;]I discovered that there is a small monthly coin show in my area so naturally I had to go as soon as possible. Just got back and while it isn&#039;t anything special (usually 4-5 coin dealers and 4 -5 stamp dealers) and generally modern coins there was one dealer who had, as he said, around 1500 Ancient coins. Unforunately I couldn&#039;t see a lot of them because they were in a smaller room than normal (I am told) and he didn&#039;t have the back table where he usually kept his Ancient&#039;s since they don&#039;t sell as well as the modern coins.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Luckily one of the two boxes he did have out was right up my alley. All Alexandrian tetradrachms and Ptolemy&#039;s and then a couple Sassanian. I didn&#039;t have the cash with me to buy the Ptolemy&#039;s or any of the Tetradrachms but I had the urge not to leave empty handed so I channeled my inner AncientNoob and picked out a Sassanian I really like. It was also really neat to sit and chat with him since he had an excellent knowledge of a lot of things Ancient and was an archaeologist before he had retired plus had been collecting since the early 60s.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It was an awesome experience and I really enjoyed being able to hold the coins before purchase. I will definitely be there every time they roll in and apparently there is a big show in Winnipeg in November.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Anyways story time over. I am hoping ANoob will be able to fill me in with some more information on this coin but from what I can tell it is</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Khruso II (590-628 AD)</p><p>Persia, The Sassanid Kingdom</p><p>Obverse: King Khusro II wearing hat, three moons and stars in concentric rings. </p><p>Reverse: Fire temple altar with 2 attendants. Concentrics rings, four moons and stars.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/obp9qp5.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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