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<p>[QUOTE="Muhammad Niazi, post: 26651480, member: 83232"]By the style of the crown, this is khusru II, however Hormazd shared the same crown as well. The weight for these was also around 4g, so nothing wrong.</p><p><br /></p><p>Quoting from an older post by Parthicus: "You may have noticed that this coin looks very much like a drachm of Khusro II. The most reliable way to tell them apart is by reading the name of the king, in front of the bust. Coins of Hormazd V are fairly rare, which is understandable considering his brief reign." - <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/rare-late-sasanian-of-hormazd-v.311365/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/rare-late-sasanian-of-hormazd-v.311365/">Source</a></p><p><br /></p><p>For Hormazd, his name Infront of the bust should look like:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1700269[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Which is again very similar to khusru which is like:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1700270[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://beastcoins.com/Sasanian/Sasanian.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://beastcoins.com/Sasanian/Sasanian.htm" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Your coin lacks the ہ near the end which rules out Hormazd.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Muhammad Niazi, post: 26651480, member: 83232"]By the style of the crown, this is khusru II, however Hormazd shared the same crown as well. The weight for these was also around 4g, so nothing wrong. Quoting from an older post by Parthicus: "You may have noticed that this coin looks very much like a drachm of Khusro II. The most reliable way to tell them apart is by reading the name of the king, in front of the bust. Coins of Hormazd V are fairly rare, which is understandable considering his brief reign." - [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/rare-late-sasanian-of-hormazd-v.311365/']Source[/URL] For Hormazd, his name Infront of the bust should look like: [ATTACH=full]1700269[/ATTACH] Which is again very similar to khusru which is like: [ATTACH=full]1700270[/ATTACH] [URL='https://beastcoins.com/Sasanian/Sasanian.htm']Source[/URL] Your coin lacks the ہ near the end which rules out Hormazd.[/QUOTE]
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