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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 4848927, member: 26302"]Great type, I only have an obol only, but not as nice as this. If I had't been so distracted with my Vahran II lead group, and the Ardashir of Merv piece, I might have competed with you. Good thing I didn't so you could get it. </p><p><br /></p><p>I thought the article I wrote about concerning the King of Turan was very interesting on how it could concern Ardashir. Evidently Sasan is a title in the SE Iranian area, with the coin I wrote about having bragged about different "sasans" he was related to. The article postulates Sasan could basically be a title from that area, and the Ardashir family was from there. That is why Ardashir immediately changed coin styles for larger modules after he was king of more than just Persis. Papak was of course historically justified though.</p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting idea at least.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 4848927, member: 26302"]Great type, I only have an obol only, but not as nice as this. If I had't been so distracted with my Vahran II lead group, and the Ardashir of Merv piece, I might have competed with you. Good thing I didn't so you could get it. I thought the article I wrote about concerning the King of Turan was very interesting on how it could concern Ardashir. Evidently Sasan is a title in the SE Iranian area, with the coin I wrote about having bragged about different "sasans" he was related to. The article postulates Sasan could basically be a title from that area, and the Ardashir family was from there. That is why Ardashir immediately changed coin styles for larger modules after he was king of more than just Persis. Papak was of course historically justified though. Interesting idea at least.[/QUOTE]
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