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This is a little confusing. Both of these seem to be WH, but is NH (Nihavand) not possible as well? It would look identical in pahlavi.   |
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Pillar of the Community
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Second one is WH, the first one looks like WYH to me.
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I'm interested where your getting a NH reference from though? See the attached image. It's from a book on Arab Sasanian dirhams imitative issues. Maybe that's my error thinking this would apply even to official Sasanian issues. The book is in Arabic and the translation of the title is Islamic dirham of Sasanio Type, author is Nasir Al-Naqshabandi, Iraqi author.  Quote:
Second one is WH, the first one looks like WYH to me. Do they not look identical? Edited by mohammadaak
09/28/2020 01:42 am
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@mohammadaak...Thanks for the reference, very interesting! I've been searching for quite while but I still haven't found NH on an official coin as I said before. Quote:
Do they not look identical? In my opinion yes....The first coin has a slight striking issue on the initial W but imo both are WH.  If these were mine I'd have them tagged as.. Coin 1...Mint WH....Regional year 2 Coin 2...Mint WH....Regional year 9 Must say you've got a very nice collection.....Paul |
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I'm by no means an expert on Sasanian coins but I would like to note that there are significant disagreements in the published literature with regard to both the reading of mint abbreviations and their assignment to one mint city or another. There is much work yet to be done.
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Completely agree KS.....Collectors of Sassanian coinage, myself included, work within preset references. This mint is a prime example... All the main references attribute these 2 letter syles as WH.....All WH referenced coins could well be NH but this pairing of letters doesn't seem to be recognised as an official mint 'yet'.......Paul  |
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Thank you both. That does seem to be the case on the disagreements on mints, which is frustrating for collectors to say the least.
I have looked up auction records and it appears that NH is associated with Nihawand mostly when it comes to Arab-Sasanian issues, but that is still strange, why would WH not be associated anymore. The Arabs did capture both Nihawand and Veh-Ardashir within a time-line of 6 years only. Historical sources seem to suggest that Veh-Ardashir went into decline long before the Arab conquest, which could suggest it was abandoned after the Arab conquest, but then that would be a problem for the WH mint allocation, since it remained on Islamic issues long after the conquest.
Even with that, some Islamic auction houses do list WH for Arab-Sasanian issues rather than NH, most notably Stephen Album.
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09/28/2020 05:41 am
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I'm seeing two L shape marks on the first coin, which would read WYH.
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Here's a WYH and WH...... The Y should be a reverse L shape and is usually linked closer to the H...  On the OP coin I'm reading the central light colour as the letter form and the darker L's as shadow....But I could be wrong of course. |
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