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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 3336130, member: 74834&quot;]A fascinating and important period in Oriental history. Here&#039;s my Peroz. Apart from Pahlavi lettering, there&#039;s the heavy jowl that identifies king Peroz.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]883637[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And because of the heavy fines imposed on Peroz, many thousands of his silver drachms went to the Kidarite and other Huns. These excellent high-silver coins were imitated by the Huns in less pure alloys, more or less showing the same crown and high jowl. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]883639[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>See the typically Hun tamgha at the left of the king&#039;s portrait and the countermarks, always a sign of one authority subjugating another, in this case a Hun king who vanquished a Sasanian king.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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