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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1022370, member: 19463&quot;]5.4g is heavier than any Gallienus I have seen.&nbsp; I wonder if it was overstruck on an older coin?&nbsp; The legend and style suggests to my guessing eye an earlier coin.&nbsp; Randy&#039;s is later and a very nice example.&nbsp; There is a lot of variation in weight on Gallienus coins but 2.5g to 4.0g covers most.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The Sasanian is hard to read because of the thin flan and, I suspect, slippage&nbsp; in striking but the mint mark is sideways at the right side.&nbsp; My guess is AL which is one of the marks not assigned to a city in the chart I have seen: <a href="http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/sasania/sas_mint/sas_mint_table.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/sasania/sas_mint/sas_mint_table.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/sasania/sas_mint/sas_mint_table.html</a>&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The date was on the left side but this is so messed up by the strike that I have no guess.&nbsp; Sasanian coins were made at many mints including some that are just plain crude.&nbsp; It has been suggested that old coins were hammered flat to make some of the flans and it certainly is true that the things are thinner than most coins.&nbsp; I am not at all comfortable reading the Pahlavi letters and even more unsure of the numbers in the dates.&nbsp; All I do is compare my coins to pictures of others and hope.&nbsp; I&#039;m not even certain of many of the ID&#039;s to rulers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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