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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2580529, member: 76194&quot;][ATTACH=full]560061[/ATTACH] </p><p>Sassanian Kingdom, Khusro II 590-628</p><p>AR Drachm 3.77g</p><p>Obv: Head of Khusro II right wearing an ornate winged crown </p><p>Rev: Two fire attendants facing, a fire altar between. Mint name to right, date to left. . BBA mint, Year 30</p><p><br /></p><p>I was not in the market for another Sassanian, but I came across this puppy at an auction and seeing the opening bid and that no one else was interested in it, I bid and won it without opposition.</p><p><br /></p><p>$24.16 including shipping. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; To compare it to others like it, on vcoins.com with similar amount of flatness of the portrait and similar wear they are selling for $60-$75 (not including shipping). It may have some wear, and the crown on the imperial portrait may show a little flatness, but it is otherwise a decent coin and a fair representative of Sassanian coinage. All the important details are there, not to mention I only paid around 33.3% of it&#039;s full retail price online? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, and about the king, Khusro II, he wasted a ton of resources fighting with the Byzantine Empire (which is why both Empires ended up so weak and ripe for conquest by the Muslims) and he got deposed by his son, and ended up being executed by his son with a bunch of arrows. Not the most loving family if you ask me.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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