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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1674545, member: 26302&quot;]Actually, the Ardeshir issue depicts a facing Shapur, his son. I do not believe there are any jugate portraits of Ardeshir and his wife. I could be wrong, but I do not recall any. A dual Ardashir/Shapur, (later known as &quot;the great&quot; and captor of Valerian), is also on my wish list. I have both rulers separately.</p><p><br /></p><p>Vahran II must have loved his wife, that is all I can say. He alone shows her on coins, on rock reliefs, everywhere his official picture was displayed he usually also had her alongside him. His coins started as he alone, but quickly adopted his wife at his side. Only later was a facing figure shown, then the last coins of his reign, like this one, showed the facing figure holding a diadem. </p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe I am being generous grading it gVF. Its always a temptation when you own the coin. From the bad seller pic I was hoping for a touch better, but while the coin is technically unworn, there are too many weaknesses in it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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