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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1737503, member: 19463&quot;]My collection includes only two coins of Persis, both added this year.&nbsp; Persis was a puppet state of the Parthian Empire most famous for the fact that its last king overthrew the Parthians and founded what we now call Sasanian.&nbsp; I believe this coin is from Ardashir IV (AKA Ardaxsir and Artaxerxes) father of A V who became Ardashir I of the Sasanian Empire.&nbsp; The reverse is said to show Mancihr his father and all this should be confirmed when I can read the legends.&nbsp; That is what attracted me to this coin.&nbsp; Compared to many I have seen, the legends are on flan and clear.&nbsp; I do not own the books required to collect these coins and probably should not have bought it but it serves as a decent example of a civilization of which I spent most of my life in total ignorance.&nbsp; Does anyone have a link that would cast light on the coins of Persis in general or this one in particular?&nbsp; I would like a letter by letter reading of the legend.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]273128.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>AR hemidrachm 1.36g[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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