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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 3570656, member: 81887&quot;]Arab-Sasanian coins are really interesting, there&#039;s some interesting types that were issued before all of the Islamic mints settled on the practical but monotonous text-only coins we all know and love.&nbsp; This bronze pashiz was issued in Bishapur c.690s-710 AD (c. 71-92 AH) and features a reverse from Persian mythology of a creature called a Gopadshah:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]950972[/ATTACH]</p><p>And this drachm was issued in Sakastan c. 780 AD (c.164 AH) in the name of Salih &#039;Imad (presumably a local governor, but otherwise unknown to history) and is one of the last Arab-Sasanian types:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]950987[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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