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<p>[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 3138974, member: 83845"]Thank you Doug and nice additions. Your comments on readability of the coin certainly ring true even after researching just 1 coin so far. I think in the future as I look for more examples for my collection I will make readability my overall priority. </p><p><br /></p><p>Even though the thin flan leads to problems with flat devices I found the coin to be rather nice in hand because of the large diameter. If I were to give one of my nephews a Sasanian drachm and a similarly weighted denarius I imagine they would prefer the drachm. I wonder how an ancient merchant would have felt lugging these around trying not to bend them though.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 3138974, member: 83845"]Thank you Doug and nice additions. Your comments on readability of the coin certainly ring true even after researching just 1 coin so far. I think in the future as I look for more examples for my collection I will make readability my overall priority. Even though the thin flan leads to problems with flat devices I found the coin to be rather nice in hand because of the large diameter. If I were to give one of my nephews a Sasanian drachm and a similarly weighted denarius I imagine they would prefer the drachm. I wonder how an ancient merchant would have felt lugging these around trying not to bend them though.[/QUOTE]
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