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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 24620386, member: 81887&quot;]Your coin is from Hormazd IV (579-590 CE), you can read his name in front of his face.&nbsp; Mintmark on the reverse is HL (Herat, a city that is in what is now Afghanistan).&nbsp; There&#039;s also a date on the reverse but I am having trouble reading it.&nbsp; Definitely a neat Father&#039;s Day gift!</p><p><br /></p><p>The sites recommended by [USER=15481]@svessien[/USER] are good.&nbsp; My favorite book on Sasanian history is Touraj Daryaee&#039;s &quot;Sasanian Persia: The Rise and Fall of an Empire&quot;.&nbsp; Hope this helps![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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