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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 3532830, member: 81887&quot;][USER=32619]@Jwt708[/USER] : For deciphering the mintmarks and dates on Sasanian drachms, there are two very useful pages over on Forum that you should bookmark:</p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Sasanian%20Dates" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Sasanian%20Dates" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Sasanian Dates</a></p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Sasanian%20Mints" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Sasanian%20Mints" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Sasanian Mints</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The date and mintmark can be found on the reverse of the coin, next to the attendants.&nbsp; Here they are on your coin (rotated 90 degrees right for easier reading):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]938677[/ATTACH] </p><p>&nbsp;Note that mintmarks didn&#039;t start until Varahran IV (388-399) and dates started intermittently with Peroz (454-484) and become standard with Kavad I (488-497, 499-532); if you look for dates/mints on earlier coins, you are likely to get frustrated.&nbsp; Also, in that chart of mintmarks, you&#039;ll notice that some are unidentified, and experts disagree on which mint some of them mean.</p><p><br /></p><p>On your coin, I can&#039;t figure out the mintmark enough even to guess.&nbsp; The year might possibly be 23, but I&#039;m not very sure on that.&nbsp; Your coin is still a nice example, even if the year/mint aren&#039;t so clear.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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