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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mikey Zee, post: 2211938, member: 72818&quot;]As &#039;fate&#039; would have it, I noticed this article from an old BAR magazine as I ritually began reading in bed before falling asleep...</p><p><br /></p><p>The photo I could capture but the narrative I couldn&#039;t. Essentially it mentions the usual historical stuff but also the following:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;From the Imperial portraits on coins, we know that each Sassanid ruler had his own highly individual crown, the symbolism of which expressed his earthly and divine power.The base of Shapur II&#039;s crown---designed to resemble crenellated fortifications---was apparently copied from the crown of the Achaemenid king Darius the Great (521-486 BC).The crescent moon symbolizes the Zoroastrian lunar deity Mah. The serrated bulbous korumbos, which tops the crown was a feature of most Sassanian crowns.</p><p><br /></p><p>The tremendous weight of the Sassanian crowns could render them unwearable. A sixth century visitor to the Sassanian palace wrote that the king&#039;s crown was so heavily encrusted with emeralds, rubies and pearls that the crown had to be suspended above the ruler&#039;s head by a thin gold chain.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]432233[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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