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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrsmat71, post: 2728360, member: 42634&quot;]that&#039;s an awesome obol!</p><p><br /></p><p>reminded me of this sassanian influenced coin with a prominant head as part of the fire altar. </p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/firealtar_zps751593b0.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/firealtar_zps751593b0.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/eastern%20coins/firealtar_zps751593b0.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6">Arab Bukhara, Abassid Caliph Al-Mahdi, 775-785 AD. Billon drachm.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>O: Bust right, Arabic legend behind (Al-Madhi), Sogdian legend before. R: Fire altar, head right. 26 mm, 2.5 g </p><p><br /></p><p>I think [USER=44140]@Ancientnoob[/USER] told me who the head was on this coin, but i don&#039;t remember.&nbsp; is it the head of a zoroastian god on an early islamic coin???[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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