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<p>[QUOTE="dltsrq, post: 8307177, member: 75482"]Copper coins called <i>pashiz </i>were issued on an as-needed local basis. There was also a limited amount of fractional and foreign silver. The relative lack of small change suggests that many of the day to day transactions in the Sasanian sphere were reckoned 'on account' and settled periodically with silver drachms. Sasanian coins remained in circulation for many years after the Arab conquest. In fact, the first Arab Muslim silver coins were imitations of later Sasanian issues. Some of these Arab-Sasanian types continued to be struck in outlying areas of the caliphate such as Tabaristan and Bukhara for quite some time. Sasanian silver drachms and their imitations were also in use by non-Muslim polities in northern India for centuries after the end of the Sasanian kingdom. Even Viking hoards sometimes include Sasanian coins, testifying to their wide appeal and longevity.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dltsrq, post: 8307177, member: 75482"]Copper coins called [I]pashiz [/I]were issued on an as-needed local basis. There was also a limited amount of fractional and foreign silver. The relative lack of small change suggests that many of the day to day transactions in the Sasanian sphere were reckoned 'on account' and settled periodically with silver drachms. Sasanian coins remained in circulation for many years after the Arab conquest. In fact, the first Arab Muslim silver coins were imitations of later Sasanian issues. Some of these Arab-Sasanian types continued to be struck in outlying areas of the caliphate such as Tabaristan and Bukhara for quite some time. Sasanian silver drachms and their imitations were also in use by non-Muslim polities in northern India for centuries after the end of the Sasanian kingdom. Even Viking hoards sometimes include Sasanian coins, testifying to their wide appeal and longevity.[/QUOTE]
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