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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;philologus_1, post: 26313006, member: 92212&quot;]Nice example!</p><p><br /></p><p>(Glad to see he was finally captured and entombed. JK!) ;-)</p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting fact about this ruler&#039;s drachms: They are a candidate for the title of being the most common non-Roman extant coin type.</p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting fact about this ruler: He&#039;s directly associated with the history of &quot;the true Cross&quot;, because when he sacked Jerusalem in 614 AD his army absconded with the Cross and took it to Ctesiphon.</p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting fact about this ruler&#039;s name: Researching him online (either historically or numismatically) can be a challenge because of so many different spellings of his name. I kid you not when I say that I have seen each of the following used: Khusro, Khusru, Xusro, Khosrau, Khusrau, Khosrau, and Chosroes. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a wonderful primer (and basic ID aid) to this genre of coinage:</p><p><a href="https://en.numista.com/numisdoc/identification-of-sasanian-coins-186.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/numisdoc/identification-of-sasanian-coins-186.html" rel="nofollow"><b><font size="3">https://en.numista.com/numisdoc/identification-of-sasanian-coins-186.html</font></b></a></p><p><br /></p><p>Below is my Khusro II drachm:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1679969[/ATTACH]</p><p>Ruler: Khusro II, 591-628 AD, (dated: year 26)</p><p>Mint: Jayy in Ishfahan</p><p>Weight: 4.12 g.</p><p>Diam.: 32 mm.</p><p>Attribution: G<i>ö</i>bl II/2</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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