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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 8160345, member: 97383&quot;]Parthicus, Many thanks for the helpful info &amp; the links by Tom Mallon <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />! I acquired my drachm many years ago strictly as a whim during a multi-coin trade deal with a dealer who knew nothing about the coin. The coin&#039;s mint state condition sucked me in. The Pahlavi script has a flow or ebullient rhythm, like so many Mideastern scripts, that isn&#039;t seen in other formal languages. So different calligraphers writing the same thing may show differences because of personal style. The next time I pull the coin out of a safe deposit box I&#039;ll attempt to translate the other letters after using some eye drops <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. The luster on my coin makes it more difficult to translate from my photos. With the coin in-hand I&#039;ll attempt to draw the characters by holding it at an angle &amp; go from there <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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