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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 1808230, member: 15445&quot;]The bust on my new coin is supposed to be Shah Khusro II.&nbsp; Is the following an adequate descriptive label for this coin?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]294917[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]294916[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Sasanian Empire, Tabaristan </b></p><p><b>AR Half Drachm</b></p><p><b>ca. 781&nbsp; AD</b></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>1.93 grams, 23 mm</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Shah Khusro II wearing winged crown</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Fire altar with two attendants</p><p><b>Grade:</b> aEF as struck with some peripheral weakness on the large thin planchet &amp; single corrosion spot on reverse.&nbsp; Beginning to re-tone.</p><p><b>Other:</b> Good silver anonymous “Afzut” Type.&nbsp; Khusro II “The Victorious&quot; 590-628 A.D. was the last great king of the Sasanian Empire, &amp; the son of Hormizd IV.&nbsp; This Arab-Sasanian imitation is dated Post Yazdgard Era 130 (PYE 130 + 651 = 781 A.D.)&nbsp; From Lost Dutchman Coins October 2013.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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