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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 2833152, member: 84744&quot;]I hope the calm returns soon for you and your family!</p><p><br /></p><p>I like these, and have a few.&nbsp; The first is similar to yours except it&#039;s a drachm. I&#039;m uncertain about the attribution.&nbsp; Some say it is Autophradates II, others say an unknown king (note the scar on the cheek!).&nbsp; The reverse depicts a fire temple, with Ahura-Mazda above; to left, king standing right; to right, standard surmounted by eagle.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]668284[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an obol of Darev/Darius II, 1st c. BC. Rev: King holding sceptre, sacrificing at altar:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]668285[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>A century later, here&#039;s an obol of Kapat/Napad (mid to late 1st c. AD):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]668286[/ATTACH] </p><p>And finally, a hemidrachm from &quot;Unknown King II&quot;, late 1st c. AD:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]668287[/ATTACH] </p><p>I still need one of the latest issues before they emerge to conquer there erstwhile Parthian overlords and emerge as the Sassanid empire.&nbsp; These coins make a nice link between the Achaemenid Persians and the Sassanids.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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