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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 2211651, member: 26302&quot;]I would point out that all of these duel busts of Ardashir and Shapur a recent researcher has argued is not Shapur at all, but a local king also named Ardashir. I am still digesting this argument. On the face it doesn&#039;t make a lot of sense, since the Sassanids were the rulers who strongly moved away from sharing power, as was common in Parthia, to absolute central control. However, I cannot deny the fact that this duel bust arrangement of father and son was also quite unusual, and Ardashir did a lot of things with his coinage later rulers would not. Still, on the whole, I am unconvinced of the new attribution and will continue to think of this coin as Ardashir and Shapur until further evidence changes my mind.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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