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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 2925983, member: 81887&quot;]Well, I&#039;m back home and enjoying my dinner, so time to try and read some ancient script...</p><p><br /></p><p>I am prepared to ID three of the dates.&nbsp; I still can&#039;t figure out the date on coin #2.&nbsp; If anyone can make a plausible reading, well, I bow to your superior Pahlavi skills.</p><p><br /></p><p>1.&nbsp; Year 19 (I agree with [USER=72712]@arnoldoe[/USER] )</p><p>3. Year 25-&nbsp;&nbsp; The key to figuring this out is recognizing that the first letter, with an open circle, is not T but is actually a P.&nbsp; </p><p>4. Year 33-&nbsp; It starts with an S, and then just keeps on going...</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, and the link to the online version of the Sasanian date chart is here:</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Sasanian%20Dates" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Sasanian%20Dates" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Sasanian Dates</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And the Sasanian mintmark page is here:</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=sasanian%20mints" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=sasanian%20mints" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=sasanian mints</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Both pages are the work of the late Tom Mallon, a dedicated collector who was one of the pioneers in putting information on ancient Eastern coins online.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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