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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 2696197, member: 81887&quot;][USER=86423]@davidharmier60[/USER]: Your coin is a silver drachm of Varahran I (272-275 AD) of the Sasanian, or New Persian, Empire.&nbsp; Can&#039;t tell from the photos whether it&#039;s real or not- it&#039;s damaged, and very porous, not to mention what looks like a double-strike on the obverse, but it could be a poorly preserved genuine coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for admirable leaders from ancient history:&nbsp; I&#039;m surprised nobody&#039;s mentioned Ashoka, king of the Mauryan Empire, who conquered almost all of the Indian subcontinent, then became ashamed at all the death his conquest had caused, converted to Buddhism, and supported the spread of Buddhist ideals of non-violence for the rest of his&nbsp; life.&nbsp; (Of course, it would have been even more credit-worthy if he had renounced violence before he had committed massacres, but this isn&#039;t a thread about ideal morally perfect leaders.&nbsp; We have to work with the history we have.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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