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Prison-Coin #14 => 14th of 15 coins (Sassanian-Kingdom, Peroz I)Sassanian Kingdom, Peroz I AR DrachmDate: 459-484 AD Diameter: 28.1 mm Weight: 4.1 grams Obverse: Bust of Peroz Reverse: Fire altar with attendants at sides   => this is my only ancient coin from the 5th century A.D.
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Think, if you will, how this compares to the Roman coins of that same time. While Romulus Augustulus was busy falling, Peroz was putting out good size hunks of high grade silver. Peroz did have his own troubles with uncouth barbarians (read about him) and those barbarians copied his coins just like the Vandals did the late Romans. Everything out East was just on a more flashy scale.
We would all collect these coins more readily if only the inscriptions were written in some nice, easy to read alphabet like Greek. The script on these things is quite a task.
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dougsmit => that's very true, eh? ... I'm definitely gonna read-up and learn more about this coin and my final prison-coin (I can hardly wait to dig-in) Thanks for the all of the comments, my coin-friends (I appreciate the feedback)  |
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... Don't like it!. Now I have this urge to buy more coins! Well done.
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A-Dawg => I thought that you already owned one of these babies?
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these coins are suber cool! this one doesn't have the stars and moons on the edge (12, 3, 6, 9 oclock)..interesting. here's mine..  i guess lots of the sassanina coins didn't have these, but seems like most that you see for sale do. here's an interesting link DS posted.. http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/sas...asanian.htmlanother great coin stevex!  |
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Adawg owns...
1x super Khurso ii dirhem
1x awesome Shapur I drachm
And thanks to your coin buying disease... I now own a wicked nice, Ardashir I tetradrachm! ... Maybe I should post it?
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Ha which one? I have to post them when I get home to the computer, notice the ugly iphone typing.
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All three  |
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OK I will use the office computer see if I can't pull the photos off my other threads and I will find the sellers photo of the Tet Standby.
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Posted 12/14/2012 05:39 am
