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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 4964558, member: 96898&quot;]Thanks for the compliments, everyone!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Well, the nickname is a bit of a pun refering to a place I was living at when I made my account. It&#039;s rather random.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yet, there are indeed some other &quot;Eastern&quot; coins in my collection that I like a lot – most of them are medieval and none of them is Parthian, though:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1193250[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Artaxerxes II – Darius III, Achaemenid Empire, fourrée siglos, ca. 375–336 BC. Obv: Great King kneeling left, holding dagger and bow, three pellets on chest. Rev: irregular punch. 14.4mm, 4.92g. Ref: Carradice 1987, type IV C (prototype).</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1193257[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Chalukyas of Gujarat, AR “Gadhaiya paisa” (copying earlier Sasanian drachms), c. 1030–1120 AD. Obv: stylized portrait of ruler r. Rev: stylized fire altar. 17mm, 4.01g. Ref: Deyell 158; Mitchiner NI 427. </font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1193252[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Seljuq Sultanate of Rum, Kaykhusraw II, citing caliph al-Mustansir, AR dirham, 1241–1242 AD (639 AH), Qunya (Konya) mint. Obv: Kufic legend citing caliph: &quot;al-imam al-mustansir billah amir al-mu&#039;minin;&quot; lion r. with sunface above. Rev: name and titles of Kaykhusraw II in Naskh: &quot;as-sultan al-azam / ghiyath al-dunya wa ud-din / kay khusraw bin kay qubadh;&quot; around, mint and date: &quot;duriba bi-quniyat / sanat tis&#039; / thel[athin] sittm&#039;iat.&quot; 23mm, 2.97g. Ref: Album 1218.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1193253[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Ilkhanate, under Arghun with Ghazan as viceroy, AR dirham, 1291–1292 AD (690–691 AH), Astarabad mint. Obv: Uyghur protocol in three lines, two above hawk and one below: &quot;[qaghanu]/ nereber/ deletkeguluksen(?)&quot; (&#039;of the Khaqan / in the name of / struck&#039;); Arabic name of the ruler Arghun in central l. field; citing his heir Ghazan in r. field; hawk r., sunface rising behind. Rev: Shiite kalima in three lines in square: &quot;la ilah illa allah / muhammad rasul allah / ali waliun allah&quot;, partial mint and date formula for Astarabad in margins. Ref: Album 2149.2. 17.5mm, 2.93g. </font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s see... After your reading all your posts, I at least had to think about whether also adding an earlier seated archer drachm wouldn&#039;t be a good idea. Maybe at some point![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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