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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 3247828, member: 74834&quot;]On the side of the Sasanian small fry, there is a wondrous world of copper coins and silver obols yet to discover. It is not nearly so well documented as the silver drachms and the rare gold dinars.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is an official albeit tiny copper coin of king Kavad (488-531), and what a nose on such a small coin...</p><p>Sasanids. AE 1/12 unit Kavad I, 499-505. Obv. Crowned bust in pearl rim, moon and star outside it. Rev. Fire altar with assistants. 12 mm, 0.40 gr. Cf. Göbl 186, crown #2, rev. #1 = year of reign 13-19.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]851503[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>After the demise of the Sasanids, local copper coinage was issued in many places, often in transition types between Sasanid and islam.</p><p>This is a very curious example with a Janiform head (double face and double Sasanian crown).</p><p><br /></p><p>AE pashiz, time of &#039;Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan to al-Walid I ibn &#039;Abd al-Malik. AH 65-96 / AD 685-715. Uncertain mint. Obv. Janiform bust with Sasanian crown. Rev. Circle containing something, uncertain lettering or symbols in outer margin (According to the description: ‘Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; uncertain lettering or symbols in outer margins between star-in-crescents’, but I don’t recognize this). Cf. Gyselen Type 106 and 125 (for obv.); 15 mm, 0,78 gr.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]851509[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And I also have a Chalukyas caricature much like that of [USER=98035]@Finn235[/USER] - and I love it, this funny demon!</p><p>AR drachm, Chalukya Gadhaiya paisa, ca. 940-1030. Sasanian imitation. Obv. domed head t.r. Rev. Fire altar. 10-15 mm, 4.2 gr. Deyell 157 a-b.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]851510[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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