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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;acanthite, post: 269342, member: 6647&quot;]<b>...and an imitation</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Another recent purchase.&nbsp; The Sassanian drachm design proved quite popular after the muslims conquered the Sassanian empire, and were imitated quite closely until the coinage reform under the Umayyads (by Abd Al-Malik, 696AD). However, traces of the design of these coins, in particular those of Khusro II, persisted for hundreds of years elsewhere. Below I show a drachm of Saurashtra-Gujarat, on a peninsula in western India between the Gulf of Kutch and Gulf of Khambhat. Elements of the coin featured at the beginning of this thread are visible on both obverse (bust of Khusro II) and reverse (fire alter flanked by &#039;attendants&#039;).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Drachm from Saurashtra-Gujarat</p><p>ca. 800-950AD</p><p>Silver, 3.27 g</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x7/karakorum_photos/SG_800AD_drachm-obv3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x7/karakorum_photos/SG_800AD_drachm-rev3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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