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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1212165, member: 26302"]Good point, especially considering Shapur I is arguably the finest style of Sassanid issues as well. That would be a fine coin, especially high grade. My choice would be Ardashir I, the founder of the dynasty, or one of the "family" portraits.</p><p><br /></p><p>As an aside, Khosrau II in Stainless' pics is the emperor I believe that sacked Jerusalem and took what was called the "true cross" away as war pillage. The Byzantines later recovered it. He also took over Egypt and struck some pseudo Byzantine coisn there.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1212165, member: 26302"]Good point, especially considering Shapur I is arguably the finest style of Sassanid issues as well. That would be a fine coin, especially high grade. My choice would be Ardashir I, the founder of the dynasty, or one of the "family" portraits. As an aside, Khosrau II in Stainless' pics is the emperor I believe that sacked Jerusalem and took what was called the "true cross" away as war pillage. The Byzantines later recovered it. He also took over Egypt and struck some pseudo Byzantine coisn there.[/QUOTE]
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