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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2527686, member: 19463&quot;]My coin show Friday produced a drachm of Ardashir I.&nbsp; I had wanted one of this style for some time since I have had&nbsp; a billon tetradrachm of his since 1999.&nbsp; The two coins are roughly the same 26mm diameter but the tetradrachm weighs 12.3g while the much thinner drachm is 4.3g.&nbsp;&nbsp; It seems the early Sasanian kings continued the Parthian practice of striking some coins in the formats that would be western subjects but most coins were in the eastern standard system.&nbsp; I believe the two probably contain about the same amount of silver since the heavy coin is poor billon while the light one is good silver (and not easy to photograph when as clean as my new one).&nbsp; I have not yet cataloged it completely.&nbsp; There are several variations of crown and reverse details.&nbsp; I have a lot of studying to do before I understand Sasanians. </p><p>Ardashir I drachm </p><p>[ATTACH=full]539825[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>tetradrachm </p><p>[ATTACH=full]539827[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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