Help Me To Identify This Coin

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  1. GreekoRoman

    GreekoRoman Member

    Hello
    I am new here
    please help me to identify this coin ,, I've just Bought it
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    GreekoRoman, Jan 26, 2015
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  3. THCoins

    THCoins Well-Known Member

    Looks like 12 nummi, Sasanian occupation of Alexandria, Khusro II.
    Scarce, and not a type you often run into without knowing what it is. Nice specimen !
     
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  4. GreekoRoman

    GreekoRoman Member

    Thanks Man :) ,, You Helped Me A Lot ,, I Owe You :)
     
    GreekoRoman, Jan 26, 2015
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  5. stevex6

    stevex6 Random Mayhem

    Great lookin' coin, GreekoRoman (welcome)

    JA is awesome => he nailed the coin-ID (*edit* ... I meant "THC")

    Ummm, I also happen to have an example ...

    Byzatine Empire, Sassanian occupation of Egypt
    AE 12 Nummi / Khusro II
    circa 618-628 AD
    19.66 mm
    8.26 grams
    Obverse: cuirassed bust of Khusro facing, wearing crown with simple cross, star to left, C to right
    Reverse: Cross on globe between I-B, AΔEΣ in exergue
    Reference: DOC 191;SB 855


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  6. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    It wasn't JA. It was THC.
     
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  7. John Anthony

    John Anthony Ultracrepidarian

    Yeah, but he got the awesome part right. :p
     
    John Anthony, Jan 26, 2015
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  8. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

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    Bing, Jan 26, 2015
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  9. Okidoki

    Okidoki Well-Known Member

    hi and welcome,

    nice coin.
    i like your avatar better :D.

    cheers,

    Eric
     
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  10. Ardatirion

    Ardatirion Où est mon poisson

    There is disagreement as to the exact dating of this piece. Hahn (MIB) thinks that it belongs to the reign of Heraclius, rather than the Sassanian occupation.
     
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  11. THCoins

    THCoins Well-Known Member

    Looking at it stylistically, it ofcourse very well could be. But the sassanian attribution does give the coin an extra hint of oriental mystery, which i don't mind.
    Here number three, so we have a crowd ! A bit rough, but he has seen some fighting in his time.
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  12. Aidan_()

    Aidan_() Numismatic Contributor

    'Tis a nice one ya' got there Greeko. ;)

    Too many beers steve?... jk :D
     
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  13. stevex6

    stevex6 Random Mayhem

    ooops ... sorry THC, I didn't mean to gyp you outta your ID-credit (good job)
    ... is there such a thing?
     
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  14. chrsmat71

    chrsmat71 I LIKE TURTLES!


    yup...

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    those are cool little coins...dig that "I cross B" reverse.
     
    chrsmat71, Jan 26, 2015
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  15. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    Steve? Steve? Are you alright little brother?
     
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  16. GreekoRoman

    GreekoRoman Member

    Thank you all so much, I am so happy to be a member with such decent and respectable people :)
     
    GreekoRoman, Jan 29, 2015
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  17. Eng

    Eng Senior Eng

    very nice coin, great details...:)
     
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  18. Ardatirion

    Ardatirion Où est mon poisson

    Well, no one has ever accused me of that before. ;)
     
    Ardatirion, Jan 30, 2015
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  19. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    Decent or respectable?
     
    Bing, Jan 30, 2015
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  20. stevex6

    stevex6 Random Mayhem


    => sorry fellas, but he was obviously talking to me

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    stevex6, Jan 31, 2015
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  21. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

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