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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2578926, member: 76194&quot;]Them Sassanian be thin, yo!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]559454[/ATTACH]</p><p>Sassanian AR Dirham</p><p><br /></p><p>And other cultures adopted the thin design, like them homies from Tabaristan. In fact, they copied everything about the design. I guess Tabaristan was the China of the medieval Middle East. Ni Hao everyone!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]559455[/ATTACH]</p><p>Tabaristan AR Dirham</p><p><br /></p><p>But not to be outdone, them Islamic caliphs adopted the dimensions, weight, and thinness of their coins from the Sassanians too, even if the coin themselves resemble an Arabic Alphabet soup bowl rather than them cool cat images of Sassanian kings.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]559456[/ATTACH]Abbasid Caliphate AR Dirham</p><p><br /></p><p>Uhm, I got the street cred with them cool dirhams.</p><p><br /></p><p>PS: That was my attempt to talk like a Millenial. Not sure if I was successful or not. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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