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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 3049940, member: 81887&quot;]I concur with Doug&#039;s readings on both mintmarks, those two are about as clear as you can reasonably hope with Sasanian coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for why Sasanian coins are a niche area even among ancients collectors:&nbsp; I think the highly stylized designs are part of the explanation, but I think it&#039;s mainly due to lack of knowledge of Persian (and other non-Western) history.&nbsp; Ask the average person about ancient Rome- they can probably at least name Julius Caesar, maybe Augustus, mention something about gladiators or togas... there&#039;s at least some familiarity with the basics.&nbsp; Ask about ancient Persia, and if you&#039;re lucky they may remember them as the bad guys from the movie &quot;300&quot;.&nbsp; Ask the average ancient coin collector and they&#039;ll do a lot better, of course- maybe even naming Achaemenids, Parthians, and Sasanians- but in far less detail than they could give for Roman or Greek history.&nbsp; I, and many others, collect ancient coins mainly for the history they evoke, and if you don&#039;t know that history, the coins just aren&#039;t as appealing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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