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<p>[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 6591921, member: 98035"]As some of you know, I have been quietly soaking up a moderately large hoard of very early Indo Sassanian drachms over the past year. I believe the hoard has finally been exhausted, and I received what will likely be my last piece of it in the mail yesterday</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1264859[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This one in particular is noteworthy not only because of its remarkable state of preservation, but because it is a double die match to *three* others in the hoard!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1264853[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1264855[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>(I'm unsure whether this is the same die, possibly with the lips re-worked, or simply a new obverse engraved by the same hand)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1264854[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Flipping through my copy of Imitations in Continuity, I also found that all three are a die match to number 88</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1265294[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>But, to my even greater surprise, the same reverse die was used for this one, confirmed by the die break on the fire altar flames, and distinctive "sprinkle donut" sun</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1264856[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Which further links these to the same mint and timeframe, via a shared obverse die!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1265295[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1265296[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Sadly the context of the hoard has been lost, but this discovery is at least a small piece of the larger puzzle, and has some significant implications for the timing of this much more common series, which shares some stylistic similarities with the newest arrival </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1265304[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 6591921, member: 98035"]As some of you know, I have been quietly soaking up a moderately large hoard of very early Indo Sassanian drachms over the past year. I believe the hoard has finally been exhausted, and I received what will likely be my last piece of it in the mail yesterday [ATTACH=full]1264859[/ATTACH] This one in particular is noteworthy not only because of its remarkable state of preservation, but because it is a double die match to *three* others in the hoard! [ATTACH=full]1264853[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1264855[/ATTACH] (I'm unsure whether this is the same die, possibly with the lips re-worked, or simply a new obverse engraved by the same hand) [ATTACH=full]1264854[/ATTACH] Flipping through my copy of Imitations in Continuity, I also found that all three are a die match to number 88 [ATTACH=full]1265294[/ATTACH] But, to my even greater surprise, the same reverse die was used for this one, confirmed by the die break on the fire altar flames, and distinctive "sprinkle donut" sun [ATTACH=full]1264856[/ATTACH] Which further links these to the same mint and timeframe, via a shared obverse die! [ATTACH=full]1265295[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1265296[/ATTACH] Sadly the context of the hoard has been lost, but this discovery is at least a small piece of the larger puzzle, and has some significant implications for the timing of this much more common series, which shares some stylistic similarities with the newest arrival [ATTACH=full]1265304[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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