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Sorry => but I thought this baby deserved its own thread ...
NOTE => I entered this coin in the current SMACKDOWN as well, but I like to expand on my newly purchased coins, so I didn't want to clutter-up the SMACKDOWN threadI just bought this Byzantine bad-boy!! Byzantine Empire, Sassanian occupation of Egypt Æ 12 Nummi / Khusro IIDate: Circa 618-628 AD Measure: 19.66 mm Weight: 8.26 grams Obverse: Cuirassed bust of Khusro facing, wearing crown with simple cross, star to left, C to rightReverse: Cross on globe between I-B, AΛEΣ in exergueAttribution: DOC 191; SB 855 Grade: Extremely Fine Notes: A very nice example of this scarcer type  Edited by stevex6
11/08/2012 5:47 pm
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Khusro II (Khosrau II, Khosrow II, Chosroes II, or Xosrov II in classical sources, sometimes called Parviz, "The Ever Victorious"), was the twenty-second Sassanid King of Persia, reigning from 590 to 628
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Historian Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari describes him as:
Excelling most of the other Persian kings in bravery, wisdom and forethought, and none matching him in military might and triumph, hoarding of treasures and good fortunes, hence the epithet Parviz, meaning victorious
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According to legend, Khosrau had a shabestan in which over 3,000 concubines resided ... yup, sometimes it seems as though a few dudes seem to have better dojos than I do!!? (*sigh*)Edited by stevex6
11/08/2012 5:44 pm
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Yes Steve, this is a awesome coin, I've not seen this type before, me likes very much....  ....  |
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Khusro II was raised to the throne by the same magnates who had rebelled against his father Hormizd IV. Soon after being crowned, Khosrau had his father blinded, then executed .... ummm, what? |
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I am speechless! Beautiful! It's time for me to get into ancients.  |
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According to legend, Khosrau had a shabestan in which over 3,000 concubines resided its good to be the king!  |
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Very nice Coin..
I don't understand the Sassanid/ Byzantine thing.. Shouldn't it be one or the other?
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Hmmm? Ummm, I'm now curious Bing => do you like my new coin? ... or is it not Roman-nuff?  |
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Man, it must have been a non-stop, wicked party ... imagine "3,000" chicks livin' at your house!! (are you kidding me!!?) => I think I'm rockin' it when I get 20-30 people at one of my parties!! ... good times my Byzantine King buddy, good times!  Edited by stevex6
11/08/2012 6:26 pm
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Steve, how old was this guy when he died. hard to keep up that pace up....  |
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Windchild =>
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"Climax"
Byzantine-Sassanid War of 602-628 and Siege of Constantinople (626)
The Sassanid Empire at its greatest extent ca. 620 AD
During Maurice's Balkan campaigns, he and his family were murdered by Phocas in November 602 after a mutiny. Thus Khusro II seized used the pretext to attack the Roman Empire, and reconquer the Roman province of Mesopotamia.
The war initially went the Persians' way, partly because of Phocas' brutal repression and the succession crisis that ensued as the general Heraclius sent his nephew Nicetas to attack Egypt, enabling his son Heraclius the younger to claim the throne in 610. Phocas, an unpopular ruler who is invariably described in Byzantine sources as a "tyrant", was eventually deposed by Heraclius, who sailed to Constantinople from Carthage with an icon affixed to the prow of his ship.
By this time the Persians had conquered Mesopotamia and the Caucasus, and in 611 they overran Syria and entered Anatolia. A major counter-attack led by Heraclius two years later was decisively defeated outside Antioch by Shahrbaraz and Shahin and the Roman position collapsed; the Persians devastated parts of Asia Minor, and captured Chalcedon on the Bosporus.
Over the following decade the Persians were able to conquer Palestine and Egypt (by mid-621 the whole province was in their hands and to devastate Anatolia, while the Avars and Slavs took advantage of the situation to overrun the Balkans, bringing the Roman Empire to the brink of destruction) ... 
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Eng5858 => I'm not sure how old he was, but apparently he "ruled" for 38 years!! ... ummm, I'm thinking that he must have been 58-78 years old!!? => a definite candidate for "The Most Interesting Man in the World!!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U18VkI0uDxE |
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Sorry, Jerry. I just got in from a day trip to Gainesville with the wife. Nothing new to report on that front. I did mean to to compliment you on the coin. Tis a beauty. Want to give it to me?    (yuk) |
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Posted 11/08/2012 5:45 pm
==>> oh, and welcome to the shady-side of the street!!
