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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 2592557, member: 74834&quot;]Thanks, Parthicus, that&#039;s an excellently clear coin! And thank you, Nicholas, for the beautiful link. I have a coin like that, here it is. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]564651[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s certainly a fascinating subject. These coins were local issues, minted in an area that was conquered by the Arabs, but not yet fully islamized. Until about 700 local bronzes were allowed with the good old portraits of Iranian kings, deities and other supernatural beings like gopatshah and the winged <a href="http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/simorg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/simorg" rel="nofollow">senmurv</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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