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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;EWC3, post: 3248582, member: 93416&quot;]A few hasty comments, with apologies that I do not have time/access to make scans.</p><p><br /></p><p>1) Missing so far from the above are pics of the rare very early issues which are quite good copies of the Sasanid prototype. These raise the question – why (as I seem to have seen) do we never seem to find actual Sasanid issues mixed with these?</p><p><br /></p><p>2) The issues seem to start early, maybe 7th century or before, and finish late, maybe late 13th century. And at first sight we seem to have a gradual evolution of types over that huge period. But that seems to disappear when you look closer. For instance, the late Peroz “bowler hat” type and the early broad “bean head” types ought to be the result of a slow evolution, but in fact were clearly minted close together in time, since they seem to come up mixed together. Some sort of stop start mechanism seems more likely to lie behind the various types. But what were they, and what were the real issue dates of the various types?</p><p><br /></p><p>3) Has anyone ever seen fractional pieces? I once saw a small group, ugly little things with little design showing (big dies but small flans). The interesting fact was they were rather base and thus late-ish (12th century???) and the weights indicated they were 1/3rds and 1/6ths. That does not accord with the rather normal binary splitting of Hindu coinage. Even at that late date its much more like the original Sasanid splitting into danaks (1/6ths, ie obols)</p><p><br /></p><p>Rob T[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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