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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancient coin hunter, post: 3269250, member: 87200&quot;]Thanks for the history lesson. I am fairly knowledgeable about the period from classes in Islamic history and Byzantium, but I wasn&#039;t very educated as to the Persian perspective. Great write-up and nice coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s interesting to note that Muhammad had sent epistles to Khosrau and Heraclius asking for peaceful relations with the two empires but his entreaties were ignored/rejected, and both empires, after their long destructive war, suffered grave consequences. The Byzantine army was destroyed at the battle of the Yarmuk river.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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