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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1720633, member: 19463&quot;]The coin is a silver drachm of the Sasanian Empire.&nbsp; Each ruler had somewhat distinctive crowns so it is possible to ID them without resorting to reading the legends.&nbsp; The photo is not making the ID clear to me but I don&#039;t know if that means the coin is unusual or the photo is just that unclear.&nbsp; This page will help ID it if you put in the time to search all those possibilities.</p><p><a href="http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/sasania/sasanian.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/sasania/sasanian.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/sasania/sasanian.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I do note that the portrait lacks wings or a large crescent on the crown so you will be able to eliminate options with those.&nbsp; Some Sasanian kings issued coins from 40 or so mints placing a mintmark on the reverse right so you can try to read that after you have found the king.&nbsp; I am not at all good with these.&nbsp; Good luck.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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