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<p>[QUOTE="Pellinore, post: 3610414, member: 74834"]This thread addresses a special subject that is close to my heart. These delicate coins, so thin! fascinate me since I discovered them. They are local types, produced at a time when Islamic authority in Iran was very tolerant, or let's say uninterested. One's belief, be it Zoroastrian, Jewish, Nestorian or Christian, was one's own business, as long as taxes were paid peacefully. Churches and other religious buildings were left alone. People in the conquered lands were considered second-rate, and the authorities never cared what they thought.</p><p><br /></p><p>Little is known about these coins, but they are not so rare anymore as they used to be. Gyselen's book can get a revised edition by now, I think.</p><p><br /></p><p>Arab-Sasanidic currencies are part of the development of tiny coppers from the Sasanian empire, but many of these are much thinner than the old imperial coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]966780[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]966781[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As for this coin (I was the happy buyer), see also <a href="https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=129176" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=129176" rel="nofollow">here on Zeno</a>. The learned commentator remarks "Traces of mounts, as on all other similar items on Zeno." That's right, and moreover these coins have medal alignment (12h): if you turn the coin horizontally, the tops of the obverse and reverse have the same position. These coins in fact might be pendants, maybe used as grave goods.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pellinore, post: 3610414, member: 74834"]This thread addresses a special subject that is close to my heart. These delicate coins, so thin! fascinate me since I discovered them. They are local types, produced at a time when Islamic authority in Iran was very tolerant, or let's say uninterested. One's belief, be it Zoroastrian, Jewish, Nestorian or Christian, was one's own business, as long as taxes were paid peacefully. Churches and other religious buildings were left alone. People in the conquered lands were considered second-rate, and the authorities never cared what they thought. Little is known about these coins, but they are not so rare anymore as they used to be. Gyselen's book can get a revised edition by now, I think. Arab-Sasanidic currencies are part of the development of tiny coppers from the Sasanian empire, but many of these are much thinner than the old imperial coinage. [ATTACH=full]966780[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]966781[/ATTACH] As for this coin (I was the happy buyer), see also [URL='https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=129176']here on Zeno[/URL]. The learned commentator remarks "Traces of mounts, as on all other similar items on Zeno." That's right, and moreover these coins have medal alignment (12h): if you turn the coin horizontally, the tops of the obverse and reverse have the same position. These coins in fact might be pendants, maybe used as grave goods.[/QUOTE]
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