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Message:: [QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 5163725, member: 83845"]I guess it is time for another almost-made-it coin. This one from 2018. <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/khusro-ii-my-first-tentative-step-into-a-new-collecting-area.320267/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/khusro-ii-my-first-tentative-step-into-a-new-collecting-area.320267/">Khusro II: My First Tentative Step into a new Collecting Area</a>[ATTACH=full]1210159[/ATTACH] Sasanian EmpireKhusro II (AD 590 – 628)AR Drachm, BBA mint (court mint), Regnal year 30, struck ca. AD 619 / 620Obv.: Pahlavi script at left and right. Khusro bust facing, head right, wearing winged crown with star and crescent, inside double dotted border, crescent and stars at 3, 6 and 9 o’clock.Rev.: Date (left) and mint mark (right). Fire altar with two attendents, inside triple dotted border, crescent and stars at 3, 6 and 9 o’clock.Ref.: Göbl SN type IIEx Sallent Collection, Ex JAZ Numismatics, Ex Aegean Numismatics Why it almost made my 2018 list:When I bought this coin I knew almost nothing about Sassanian coins and only knew of Khusro as the adversary of Heraclius. There is always a lot of fun that comes with studying an interesting type you know nothing about. These drachms are also incredibly pleasant in-hand because even though they are the weight of a denarius they have a diameter closer to a tetradrachm.[/QUOTE]