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<p>[QUOTE="rick, post: 24717, member: 1235"]As I've brought up before, a few months back I attended a coin auction - for a dealer that had gone out of business. It was almost completely foreign and misc. stuff, and almost everything was auctioned off in big lots of random stuff.</p><p><br /></p><p>In one of the lots that I purchased, was this coin - which was labeled as 'ancient bronze roman coin'. It didn't look Roman to me, but I tossed it to the side, because I don't know much about ancient stuff... Anyway, a couple days ago I checked out a book from the library ("Ancient Coin Collecting" by Wayne G. Sayles), and while flipping through the pages, I came across a very familiar style. It was Sasanian... So I began looking around on the internet, and all I could find was silver examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>In frustration, I took the coin out of the holder to take a closer look. It felt sort of tacky - so I make my apology here before I say it - I dipped the coin... this brown tacky stuff sort of melted away to reveal that it was actually a silver coin beneath.</p><p><br /></p><p>Long story short - I believe this is a Silver Drachm from the Kavad reign 488-531 AD. It has a 90 degree die rotation, which appears common to the type (if the examples on the internet I found are any indication). I have not authenticated it yet, but it was fun to blunder across an interesting find.</p><p><br /></p><p>Image attached.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="rick, post: 24717, member: 1235"]As I've brought up before, a few months back I attended a coin auction - for a dealer that had gone out of business. It was almost completely foreign and misc. stuff, and almost everything was auctioned off in big lots of random stuff. In one of the lots that I purchased, was this coin - which was labeled as 'ancient bronze roman coin'. It didn't look Roman to me, but I tossed it to the side, because I don't know much about ancient stuff... Anyway, a couple days ago I checked out a book from the library ("Ancient Coin Collecting" by Wayne G. Sayles), and while flipping through the pages, I came across a very familiar style. It was Sasanian... So I began looking around on the internet, and all I could find was silver examples. In frustration, I took the coin out of the holder to take a closer look. It felt sort of tacky - so I make my apology here before I say it - I dipped the coin... this brown tacky stuff sort of melted away to reveal that it was actually a silver coin beneath. Long story short - I believe this is a Silver Drachm from the Kavad reign 488-531 AD. It has a 90 degree die rotation, which appears common to the type (if the examples on the internet I found are any indication). I have not authenticated it yet, but it was fun to blunder across an interesting find. Image attached.[/QUOTE]
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