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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 6789887, member: 19463&quot;]Perhaps we should mention that Khusro II, in addition to being historically significant issued about half of all the Sasanian coins there are both in terms of mints/dates/variations and in the sheer number that survive today.&nbsp; If you are to have just one, Khusro II is a good choice.&nbsp; I have no idea how many medoraman owns either but I suspect I have one for each hundred he has and that is quite a lot of Sasanians.&nbsp; The various kings and mints vary a lot (!!!) in terms of workmanship/artistic quality.&nbsp; Many are rather thin but some are mostly chunky and not as easy to break.&nbsp; I do suggest keeping the thin coins in a way that prevents pressure on them that could break thin coins.&nbsp; That could be as simple as placing eighty in a box that would hold a hundred (most people try to fit in 110 - mistake!) or could mean plastic capsules like Airtites.&nbsp; I use the loose pack theory.&nbsp; I have seen them break in flips housed in flexible plastic sheets when people turn pages with too much flexing. </p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite Sasanian (and I suspect medoraman&#039;s?) is&nbsp; Varhran II who shared space with his wife and son guaranteeing you will never get a &#039;sleeper&#039; identified as something cheaper.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1272030[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>In the middle between chunky and thick as well as crude and refined is Peroz.&nbsp; I consider his coins most collectable. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1272031[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The last Sasanian Yazdgard III has so many thin flan coins that it is a job to find one with no edge chipping.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1272032[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>After the Islamic conquest, the new rulers issued similar coins in half size.&nbsp; Most overlooked the rules against graven images but my favorite is Suleiman of Tabaristan who replaced his face with a lozenge but, for reasons lost on me, continued using the Zoroastrian fire altar reverse (how this went over with his Islamic beliefs I do not know). Perhaps making the human attendants into Plants vs. Zombies characters made it OK???</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1272035[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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