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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2589227, member: 51347&quot;]Great and Sassy coins all!</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a THIN Sassanian and a THICK Sassanian coin:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>THIN:</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]563567[/ATTACH]</p><p>Persia - Sassanian</p><p>Ardashir III (r. AD 628-629)</p><p>AR Drachm 36 mm x 3.85 grams</p><p>Obverse: Crowned beardless bust of Ardashir III right.</p><p>Reverse: Zoroastrian Fire Altar flanked by two attendents. Dated yr. 2 AY mint.</p><p>ref# Gobl II/1 Downturn year 2 Delta.</p><p>RARE</p><p><br /></p><p><b>THICK:</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]563569[/ATTACH]</p><p>SASSANIAN KINGS.</p><p><b>Shapur I</b>. AD. 240-272.</p><p>Æ Tetradrachm(?) (10.78 gm; 27 mm).</p><p>Mint I (“Ctesiphon”), phase 1a, ca. AD 240-244.</p><p>Obv: Bust of Shapur I right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos</p><p>Rev: Fire altar, flanked by two attendants wearing diadems (type 2) and mural crowns.</p><p>Ref: SNS type IIa1/1a, style Abi, pl. 20, 5-A8; Göbl type II/1; Paruck 95; Saeedi -; Sunrise 731(this coin).</p><p>Comments: Choice VF. From The Sunrise Collection</p><p><br /></p><p>I captured this one because as stated in Wikipedia:&nbsp; <i>&quot;...decisive defeat of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire" rel="nofollow">Romans</a> at the infamous <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Edessa" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Edessa" rel="nofollow">Battle of Edessa</a>, where the Roman army was defeated and captured in its entirety, including the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Emperors" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Emperors" rel="nofollow">Roman Emperor</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerian_(emperor)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerian_(emperor)" rel="nofollow">Valerian</a>. He became the first Roman Emperor to be captured as a prisoner of war, causing instability in the Empire. As such, the battle is generally viewed as one of the worst disasters in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_ancient_Rome" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_ancient_Rome" rel="nofollow">Roman military history</a>&quot;</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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