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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 2669821, member: 81887&quot;]After further research, I don&#039;t think there are any letters missing, just my knowledge of the series is missing <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> .&nbsp; So, let me fully explain my conclusions about the date.</p><p><br /></p><p>First, I checked Stephen Album&#039;s &quot;Checklist of Islamic Coins&quot; for Ziyad b. Abi Sufyan.&nbsp; Album says that his coins are dated 47 and 50-55, rarely 49; plus, coins from Darabjird mint (DA) have the frozen date 43.&nbsp; Since your coin is not from Darabjird, we can rule out 43; that leaves us 47, 49, and 50-55.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next, I went to the following website:</p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Sasanian%20Dates" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Sasanian%20Dates" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Sasanian Dates</a></p><p>to try and read the date.&nbsp; Unfortunately, that site only lists years up to 48.&nbsp; If you compare the date on your coin to 47, it does look a bit similar, but with some letters missing.</p><p><br /></p><p>But, I shouldn&#039;t have been so quick to assume it was a badly-engraved 47.&nbsp; I then decided to do a Google Image search on &quot;Ziyad b. Sufyan&quot; and looked at the dates attributed to the coins that came up.&nbsp; If you look at the second and third coins that come up, the date looks almost exactly like your coin (no letters missing, but the last one is a bit hard to see clearly), and those two coins are assigned to 52 and 53. I think 53 fits a bit better, but I am not comfortable saying for sure.&nbsp; Maybe you can look up a few more examples and try to narrow it down?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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