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Pillar of the Community
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Have now to scrape the bottom of the barrel to find another coin I can post, will refrain from it though at the moment and leave it to you or 'echizento' to post the next one.
Good night.
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  United States
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Here is one for you to play with. 
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Pillar of the Community
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Just finished my coffee and now have to walk, will after have a closer look at this. Seems from an eastern empire/kingdom at first glance.
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Pillar of the Community
Italy
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Looks like an eastern copy of sassanid drachm .
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23731 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
Italy
1790 Posts |
I'm out . See you guys latter
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Pillar of the Community
3772 Posts |
Let's first place a bet on a mainstream Sasanid coin and go for
Khusru I?
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Moderator
  United States
23731 Posts |
Right empire wrong ruler.
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Pillar of the Community
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Since you ensured that the top of the crown is cut off, have to go by minor details and a few are similar. Four more rulers seem to be a possibility, let's start alphabetic
Artashir III?
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That would make it too easy if I left the crown in. Still a bit late than Artashir III.
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Pillar of the Community
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Your hint rules out two of the three remaining ones, if it is not Yazdgaard III I have to start with 
Edited by Medieval 01/18/2015 6:40 pm
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Sorry, Made an error it's earlier than Ardaser III and Yazdaard III.
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Pillar of the Community
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No, here is a picture of the crown this should give it away now. 
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Pillar of the Community
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The last I had in mind was Khusru II but that doesn't look like it. Still none the of the other with double banded crown look similar, so I call him (and if it is just to rule him out):
Khusru II?
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