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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1593796, member: 19463&quot;]I don&#039;t see a reason to condemn the coin from the photo but these are far from my strong suit.&nbsp; Most of those condemning it failed to say why but the one saying there is no wear makes no sense to me.&nbsp; Its biggest &#039;problem&#039; is that it is nicer than many we see but Sasanian coins are common in high grade.&nbsp; The coin does show appropriate flatness on the reverse caused by the thin flan and the style looks within normal expectation.&nbsp; It might be good to post this one on Forvm Ancient Coins specialty area for these and see if you can get a reply from one of the Sasanian specialists.&nbsp; A first step would be to get a better photo.&nbsp; Meanwhile you can compare it to similar coins online here:</p><p><a href="http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/sasania/sas_khuI_1.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/sasania/sas_khuI_1.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/sasania/sas_khuI_1.html</a></p><p>and assign it to a mint (I see AY) using the tables here:</p><p><a href="http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/sasania/sas_mint/sas_mint_table.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/sasania/sas_mint/sas_mint_table.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/sasania/sas_mint/sas_mint_table.html</a></p><p>If you wander that site there is also a table to help you read the dates but I generally find them difficult compared to the mint city letters.</p><p><a href="http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/sasania/sas_mint/dp/sas_date_table.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/sasania/sas_mint/dp/sas_date_table.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/sasania/sas_mint/dp/sas_date_table.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The owner of the above site does provide an email link at the bottom of this page but I do not know if he would reply to a direct inquiry.&nbsp; You could try.&nbsp; </p><p><a href="http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/coins.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/coins.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/coins.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I would ask both your professor and all your other advisers to give a hint beyond &#039;looks bad&#039;.&nbsp; For example did someone find it as a die match in one of the online fake resources?&nbsp; There were so many mints and styles of these coins that it is really not easy to learn them all.&nbsp; I only have one coin of this ruler and it is an MB mint.&nbsp; You might also investigate who on eBay sold it to you.&nbsp; There are good and bad sellers there; it makes a difference.&nbsp; eBay is like a coin show where sellers rent space from the organizers and are hardly policed at all as to their abilities.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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