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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 4683174, member: 81887&quot;]Good question!&nbsp; Most sites do indeed state that coins of his first reign don&#039;t have dates, and on most specimens where the writing is clear the spot where the date would be spells out Kavad&#039;s name again.&nbsp; However, there are some confounding cases.&nbsp; Tom Mallon&#039;s site, which you linked, shows several first reign drachms with Kavad&#039;s name replacing the date; however, there is also a fractional silver where that spot has a different inscription, possibly SSh (which doesn&#039;t seem to fit any date, but which is also clearly not Kavad&#039;s name).&nbsp; Mitchiner&#039;s Ancient and Classical World features six first reign drachms of Kavad I (1011-1016), two of which (1011 and 1013) he lists as &quot;year 4&quot; and one (1014) as &quot;year 9&quot;, with the others as uncertain date.&nbsp; Unfortunately, the pictures aren&#039;t clear enough for me to independently figure out whether these are indeed dated specimens, or whether Mitchiner is misreading the inscriptions.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>TL,DR: Coins of Kavad I&#039;s first reign are usually undated.&nbsp; But possibly not always undated.&nbsp; Maybe.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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