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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 2239133, member: 26302"]In case you haven't figured it out [USER=75799]@Loong Siew[/USER], (Goh), AncientNoob and I are the two resident Sogdian geeks here. And now we have a third. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> We have others who specialize in more south of the Hindu Kush like [USER=57364]@THCoins[/USER], and ANoob goes south of there too. I tend to stay north of that dividing line myself mainly, collecting Sogdian, Kushan, Skythian, Hunnic, (Hepthalite, Kidarite, Alchon, Nezak, etc), Turkomen, Persian, etc. Mainly all pre-Islamic though. Well, at least for part of my collection. I also have a fairly large Chinese cash collection, Ancient/Medieval Thai, Byzantine, and bits and pieces of Roman and Ancient Greeks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is one of my Kai Yuan Tong Bao's with a Bukharan tamgha.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]441393[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And here is the very first Persian coin ever struck. A good friend of mine has written the definitive book on these. He has found 43 ever sold so far, so pretty scarce.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]441395[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 2239133, member: 26302"]In case you haven't figured it out [USER=75799]@Loong Siew[/USER], (Goh), AncientNoob and I are the two resident Sogdian geeks here. And now we have a third. :) We have others who specialize in more south of the Hindu Kush like [USER=57364]@THCoins[/USER], and ANoob goes south of there too. I tend to stay north of that dividing line myself mainly, collecting Sogdian, Kushan, Skythian, Hunnic, (Hepthalite, Kidarite, Alchon, Nezak, etc), Turkomen, Persian, etc. Mainly all pre-Islamic though. Well, at least for part of my collection. I also have a fairly large Chinese cash collection, Ancient/Medieval Thai, Byzantine, and bits and pieces of Roman and Ancient Greeks. Here is one of my Kai Yuan Tong Bao's with a Bukharan tamgha. [ATTACH=full]441393[/ATTACH] And here is the very first Persian coin ever struck. A good friend of mine has written the definitive book on these. He has found 43 ever sold so far, so pretty scarce. [ATTACH=full]441395[/ATTACH] Chris[/QUOTE]
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