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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ancientnoob, post: 1628964, member: 44140&quot;]<span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">Persia, Sassanian Empire</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">Ardashir I (224-242 AD)</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">Billon (Also described as Potin) Tetradrachm </font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">25.6mm x 11.19g Ctesiphon mint</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">Obverse: Pahlavi legend, &quot;MaZDISN BaGi ARTaHShATER MaLKAN MaLKA AIRAN&quot; (of the Worshipper of Mazda, the Divine Ardashir, King of Kings or Iran); cuirassed bust of Ardashir right with long beard, Parthian-style headdress with ear flaps; Reverse: Pahlavi legend, &quot;NURA ZI ARTaHShaTR&quot; (Fire of Ardashir), fire-altar without attendants</font></span></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span style="color: #000000">ref: Göbl II/5</span></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span style="color: #000000">This was my Christmas coin. I have been looking for the coins of those great rulers at not so great prices, and so I bought this. This first coin, in the Aracid /Parthia style, features the first Shah and the patriarch of the Sassanian dynasty on the obverse and the Zoroastrian Fire Alter of AhuraMazda on the reverse. After the defeat of the Parthia and Elymais, all of Persia was brought under Sassanian homogamy.&nbsp; The next 4 centuries would bring a new age with advances in art, literature, science, religion and warfare. The Roman Empire having stood for nearly 300 years as an Imperial power, began to decline. Persia was reborn and would again dominate the world until the collapse of Persia, under repeated invasions by the various Huna Peoples and Muslium Arabs in the mid Seventh century AD. </span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span style="color: #000000">I also selected the reverse of this coin as my avatar. I always used the helmeted head of Athena, but I thought a new board and a new start, the fire alter of Ahura Mazda would bring me coin knowledge from now on. </span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span style="color: #000000">I encourage others to post there coins of this ruler, as I don&#039;t see many. </span></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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