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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 8275684, member: 99456&quot;]Hi Doug - here&#039;s a Sasanian-type coin that I don&#039;t recall posting in the past 12322 posts <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; it is from the time of Mu&#039;awiya I founder and first caliph of the <b>Umayyad Caliphate </b>and imitates a drachm of Khusro.&nbsp; Here is his connection to Roman history:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>&quot;In the days of Abd Allah (&quot;Servant of God&quot;) <b>Mu&#039;awiya</b>, the commander of the faithful, the hot [Roman Thermae at Hamat Gader] baths of the people there were saved and rebuilt by Abd Allah son of Abuasemos (Abu Hashem?) the Counselor, on the fifth of the month of December, the second day of the 6th year of the induction, in the year 726 of the colony, according to the Arabs the 42nd year, for the healing of the sick, under the care of Joannes, the official of Gadara&quot;. The years quoted correspond to the year ca. 663 AD.</i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]1461105[/ATTACH]</i></p><p><i><b>Islamic, Umayyad Caliphate, time of Mu&#039;awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan</b>, AH 41-60 / AD 661-680, AR Drachm, Khusro type, BYŠ (Bishapur) mint, dated AH 48 (AD 668/9).</i></p><p><i><b>Obv: </b>Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; rabbi and bismillah in Arabic in outer margin</i></p><p><i><b>Rev: </b>Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left; mint to right</i></p><p><i><b>Ref: </b>SICA I 122-7; Walker, Arab-Sasanian 25; Album 5</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>since I have stretched the definition a bit I will keep NEXT the same.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Next: </b>ANY Sasanian coin of any ruler that you can explain how is connected to Roman history AND that you do not recall having posted to this thread in the past 12323 posts.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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