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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 4388044, member: 74834&quot;]A Sasanian drachm, certainly. With the jubilating ribbons at either side of the king&#039;s hairball on top of the crown, it must be Kavad I, second reign (499-531 AD). And the double reverse border was first encountered in 520.</p><p>Can&#039;t really read the year, but it starts with 3: 33-39 = 520-526 I should say. Mint looks like BN, that was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veh-Ardashir" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veh-Ardashir" rel="nofollow">Veh-Ardashir</a> in Persian times, Seleucia before, near Ctesiphon. It is the place of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taq_Kasra" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taq_Kasra" rel="nofollow">Arch of Ctesiphon</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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