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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1981806, member: 26302&quot;]Chipped Sassanian coins are found more frequently in the eastern part of the empire. Maybe something to do with longer distances travelled, part of the silk road, etc. Or maybe it was not as near a mint to be pulled out of circulation and restruck.</p><p><br /></p><p>Btw, this last emperor was killed by a local Hepthalite ruler. Yazdigird was looking for support, but the Hepthalite killed him to curry favor with the arabs. At the time the hepthalites were at war with the Turks from the north, and had recently been dispossessed of their lands by the combined forces of turks and sassanids, so the hepthalites were hoping the Arabs would take their side. Some writers said he was killed for his money, but that is more of a writer cool ending than reality.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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