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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 2786981, member: 74834&quot;]As it happens, today it&#039;s one and a half year since my first post on Coin Talk. I have enjoyed myself a lot and you have helped me often with my collection: making choices, expanding my interest, helping me to look better, guiding my direction in collecting. And it&#039;s all being done in a good humour.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This is one of my top coins, also one of my most expensive: an Arab-Sasanian AE pashiz, dating from 685-715 AD, issued in Istakhr (Naqš-e Rustam, near Persepolis). </p><p>Obv. Old man facing. Rev. The Sasanian goddess Anahita. 14mm, 0.9 gr. Gyselen type 23.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the time I wrote this about it: </p><p><br /></p><p>The seventh century is an age of fundamental change. Weathered old religions leave the East when a new shiny crescent moon enters. In my eyes this little bronze perfectly embodies the transition from (Nestorian) Christianity and Zoroastrianism to the new Islamic power. A sad saint and a gloomy goddess are saying goodbye to us. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]646283[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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