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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ancientnoob, post: 1779235, member: 44140&quot;]Long after Sassanid Persia with all its power influence and grander has faded into history, the bust of the emperors continued to be seen in the far reaches of the world.</p><p><br /></p><p>I find the decline in stylistic execution particularly intriguing. As the bust types declined, the weight and metal composition retained a relatively constant. The weight of the coins still retained the archaic Attic drachm standard nearly 1700 years old at this by this time.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have been collecting coins of medieval India, that nearly a thousand years later stilll carry the Sassanid winged bust type, just when I though I had them all, rare, little known and rarely collected coins keep presenting themselves. I scored 2 very rare pieces for very cheap amongst many other Indian coins I have yet to post. </p><p><br /></p><p>Today I present to you all one of the last (I think) Sassanid Persia bust type coins. Minted in the style of Khusro II. (or so THEY say)</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin comes from the Omkara Monastery minted by the Later Parama in Malwa (West Central India). These coins like I said before are quite rare, but very inexpensive. It seems that these crude designs command little collector interest.</p><p><br /></p><p>When searching for this coin, I can say I came for the bust but I bought it for the reverse inscription. Naming the Monastery that coined it. OM![ATTACH=full]284476[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The neat Letter....</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]284477[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Oh and while I was picking out the coin, I had to get his bootleg brother, also very rare! This coin also appealed to me for several reasons. 1) Same reasons as coin #1. 2) This one is a poor alloy billon coin with colored metals apparent.3)Its so rare its unlisted. When these coins are sold they are sold with the description of Coin #1, MNIS 431-440.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is also unclear weather the coin is a counterfeit from antiquity or a different lesser used denomination. New scholarship suspects these are ancient counterfeits. </p><p><br /></p><p>India, Malwa</p><p>Omkara Mandhata</p><p>BI Drachm (1150-1300AD)</p><p>Late Parama in Malwa</p><p>12.0 mm x 4.00 grams</p><p>Obverse: Degraded Sassanid Bust.</p><p>Reverse: Zoroastrian Fire Altar with no attendants corrupt Devangari Script- SRI OM.</p><p>ref: Unlisted</p><p>[ATTACH=full]284478[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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