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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 2492277, member: 74834&quot;]Sasanian kings had to change their crown when their reign had been interrupted. Xusro II has two crowns, to name a well-known example. Kavad put two fancy wings high into the fabric of his headgear. It must have been quite a sight, a man with a huge gold crown, studded with gems, his jet black hair plaided in large balls and coiffed with pearls. The wings might have been made of filigrain and gold silk, shimmering in the light, to resemble the fire that symbolized the power of the Sasanians.</p><p>This is a drachm from the last years of his second reign, it is dated 40 = AD 528, minted in Isfahan.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]527640[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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