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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 2238094, member: 15445&quot;]Very nice coin Collecting Nut.&nbsp; I like it muchly.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I got this one from Lost Dutchman (dealer &amp; member at CT). I need to take better photographs as the coin looks quite different in hand under my normal illumination.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]441141[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]441142[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Sasanian Empire, Tabaristan</b></p><p><b>Khusro II, </b></p><p><b>AR Tabaristan Drachm</b></p><p>The coin is dated PYE 137 (Post Yazdgard Era) or 789 AD</p><p>1.93 grams, 23 mm</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Crowned bust of Shah Khusro II</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Zoroastrian Fire altar with two attendants</p><p><b>Grade:</b> aEF as struck with some peripheral areas of weakness on the large thin planchet.&nbsp; Beginning to re-tone.</p><p><b>Other:</b> Khusro II “The Victorious&quot; was the last great king of the Sasanian Empire, &amp; the son of Hormizd IV.&nbsp; Tabaristan is at the southern coast of the Caspian Sea in modern day northern Iran.&nbsp; One Tabaristan Dirham = ½ Arab-Sassanid Drachm. From Lost Dutchman Coins October 2013.</p><p><br /></p><p>I originally thought that this coin was dated 150 years earlier (due to Khusro II).&nbsp; However, it was explained to me at CT that it is much like if a Roosevelt dime was reissued in 2145.</p><p><br /></p><p>I look forward to seeing your ancient coin posts.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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