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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 4673683, member: 26302&quot;]No, not something your weird nephew is into, though it is one of the coolest band names I can think of. This is about heavy metal, lead. Lead was common in antiquity, (lead bullets were used in most battles), but extremely rare in coinage. It was used sometimes for cores of fourrees, for various tokens most famously of Antinoupolis in Roman Egypt, but not really coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>There is an enigmatic series of lead coins the Sasanian empire issued. Details are very scarce. The best I have pieced together is I find an example from Narseh in SNS as the earliest I can find, and I read that they continued through Kavad, (though SNS show none for him). They were somehow valued between silver and copper, though we are not sure the different values. </p><p><br /></p><p>So, very rare in general for any pieces, most references do not include them. I have a couple before this latest one but was recently able to get this one. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1151615[/ATTACH] </p><p>SASANIAN KINGS, Shahpur II, AD 309-379. PB (Lead) unit (3.34 gm; 17 mm). No mint. Bust of Shapur II right, 3 large dots on obverse behind the crown wearing mural crown with korymbos and inner ribbon / Fire altar with ribbon and bust right in flames, flanked by two attendants, each wearing mural crown with korymbos. Gobl SN Ia/6a. Choice VF. Nice original find patina. Extremely rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>The auction had quite a few, and I got DESTROYED. Must be a lot more people trying to obtain these than I thought. I liked this one for the clearer obverse than normal. Many of them both sides look like the reverse here. Not terribly surprising, since lead does not strike or wear well, which is why it was not commonly used for coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyone else have any further information on these I would love to hear it. I own Gobl but do not read German in case he discusses them in there.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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