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<p>[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 3720632, member: 98035"]Gotta love the ethnic crown of the kings of Khwarezm!</p><p><br /></p><p>Sawashfan AR "dirham", c. 750 AD</p><p>[ATTACH=full]997294[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Also the Turco-Hepthalite warlord Vasudeva had a crown quite similar to the Nezaks, but derived from Khusro II's crown and replacing the bull head with a leopard or senmurv</p><p>[ATTACH=full]997334[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Although I see this as two separate portraits, some think this distinctive type from Chach depicts the king wearing a hat/mask in the shape of an ancestor</p><p>[ATTACH=full]997339[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 3720632, member: 98035"]Gotta love the ethnic crown of the kings of Khwarezm! Sawashfan AR "dirham", c. 750 AD [ATTACH=full]997294[/ATTACH] Also the Turco-Hepthalite warlord Vasudeva had a crown quite similar to the Nezaks, but derived from Khusro II's crown and replacing the bull head with a leopard or senmurv [ATTACH=full]997334[/ATTACH] Although I see this as two separate portraits, some think this distinctive type from Chach depicts the king wearing a hat/mask in the shape of an ancestor [ATTACH=full]997339[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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