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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2246315, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">Sadly, I don&#039;t have a coin that fits the thread&#039;s theme ... but man, that has never stopped me from posting one of my cool gems anyway, eh? </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Ummm, so this Khurso-II example may not be quite the same as your cool examples, but I thought that this was a good opportunity to let it out so it could stretch its legs ... </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">Byzantine Empire, Sassanian occupation of Egypt Æ 12 Nummi / Khusro II</span></b></p><p><span style="color: #000000"> Date: Circa 618-628 AD</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp;Measure: 19.66 mm</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Weight: 8.26 grams</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"> Obverse: Cuirassed bust of Khusro facing, wearing crown with simple cross, star to left, C to right</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Reverse: Cross on globe between I-B, AΛEΣ in exergue</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"> Attribution: DOC 191; SB 855</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Notes: A very nice example of this scarcer type</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p>[ATTACH=full]443798[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]443799[/ATTACH]</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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