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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 2739402, member: 74834&quot;]After a lot of hesitating, I finally bought a good Hormizd IV drachm. This Sasanian king reigned Iran from 579-590, between his successful father Xusro I (or Khosrow) and his proud son Xusro II. But Hormizd was a not so successful in-between. He fought wars at all sides of his realm. His coins are much like those of his father, but an infallible difference is the star in the edge crescents. Hormizd somehow has rather hollow eyes. </p><p><br /></p><p>Often his coins are worn, and that accents those ghostly eyes. But this portrait is more like that of his father. It&#039;s nicer than the picture shows, with lustre and all. I paid far too much, I think, but hey, a nice large silver drachm helps forgetting that.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]625044[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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