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<p>[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 3744453, member: 83845"]Nice addition Mike! Here is my Kushan example... the ever humble “Great Savior.”</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><b><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-great-savior-needs-no-name…-he-still-has-one-though.314789/#post-3054611" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-great-savior-needs-no-name…-he-still-has-one-though.314789/#post-3054611">The Great Savior Needs No Name… He Still Has One Though</a></b></font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1004215[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Kushan Empire</font></p><p><font size="3">Vima Takto, AD 78-110</font></p><p><font size="3">AE Unit, Unkown mint, struck ca. AD 78-110</font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 21.2 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 8.2 g</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: Bust right, 12 rays above, holding object. 3 pronged tamga in left field</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: Horseman right, holding whip. 3 pronged tamga in right field</font></p><p><font size="3"><i>Ex Severus Alexander Collection</i></font></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a coin that got me interested in Sasanian coins. </p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><b><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/khusro-ii-my-first-tentative-step-into-a-new-collecting-area.320267/#post-3138531" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/khusro-ii-my-first-tentative-step-into-a-new-collecting-area.320267/#post-3138531">Khusro II: My First Tentative Step into a new Collecting Area</a></b></font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1004295[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Sasanian Empire</font></p><p><font size="3">Khusro II (AD 590 – 628)</font></p><p><font size="3">AR Drachm, BBA mint (court mint), Regnal year 30, struck ca. AD 619 / 620</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: Pahlavi script at left and right. Khusro bust facing, head right, wearing winged crown with star and crescent, inside double dotted border, crescent and stars at 3, 6 and 9 o’clock.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: Date (left) and mint mark (right). Fire altar with two attendents, inside triple dotted border, crescent and stars at 3, 6 and 9 o’clock.</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: Göbl SN type II</font></p><p><font size="3"><i>Ex Sallent Collection, Ex JAZ Numismatics, Ex Aegean Numismatics</i></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 3744453, member: 83845"]Nice addition Mike! Here is my Kushan example... the ever humble “Great Savior.” [SIZE=6][B][URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-great-savior-needs-no-name…-he-still-has-one-though.314789/#post-3054611']The Great Savior Needs No Name… He Still Has One Though[/URL][/B][/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]1004215[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Kushan Empire Vima Takto, AD 78-110 AE Unit, Unkown mint, struck ca. AD 78-110 Dia.: 21.2 mm Wt.: 8.2 g Obv.: Bust right, 12 rays above, holding object. 3 pronged tamga in left field Rev.: Horseman right, holding whip. 3 pronged tamga in right field[/SIZE] [SIZE=3][I]Ex Severus Alexander Collection[/I][/SIZE] Here is a coin that got me interested in Sasanian coins. [SIZE=6][B][URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/khusro-ii-my-first-tentative-step-into-a-new-collecting-area.320267/#post-3138531']Khusro II: My First Tentative Step into a new Collecting Area[/URL][/B][/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]1004295[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Sasanian Empire Khusro II (AD 590 – 628) AR Drachm, BBA mint (court mint), Regnal year 30, struck ca. AD 619 / 620 Obv.: Pahlavi script at left and right. Khusro bust facing, head right, wearing winged crown with star and crescent, inside double dotted border, crescent and stars at 3, 6 and 9 o’clock. Rev.: Date (left) and mint mark (right). Fire altar with two attendents, inside triple dotted border, crescent and stars at 3, 6 and 9 o’clock. Ref.: Göbl SN type II [I]Ex Sallent Collection, Ex JAZ Numismatics, Ex Aegean Numismatics[/I][/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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