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Odd Looking Khusro II Sasanian

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 Posted 09/17/2015  1:33 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add TTerrier to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hi everyone,

In my E-Bay surfing I came across this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/38139651383...RK:MEBIDX:IT

I hope I'm not breaking protocol by pasting a link but I couldn't figure out how to copy just the image with enough resolution so you could see it properly. This coin looks odd to me for a couple of reasons:

1. If you look at 11 o'clock there are a number of very sharply defined ridges which are supposed to represent the dotted border. These look odd like they were done with a graver or even some sort of CNC process where you can see the steps. I wouldn't expect ridges this sharp on a coin this old.
2. If you look just above his forehead into the first layer of crown you can see three parallel lines - if I only saw one I would think the coin had been struck twice and the die moved slightly. If these lines are caused by multiple strikes then that seems inconsistent with the very sharp edges noted above in 1. Maybe they are part of the design? Or result from some sort of compression of the metal (like a wrinkle on cloth)from one strike?

I am not trying to discredit this seller and I am not bidding on this item. I am just curious as to whether these features are normal ones resulting from the production process or whether it indicates something else .

Thanks for your comments!
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 Posted 09/17/2015  1:48 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add echizento to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The coin looks just fine to me and an excellent example. It would be a nice addition any a collection.
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 Posted 09/17/2015  2:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bacchus2 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Looks fine to me too. I might have been tempted except the postage is so high.
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 Posted 09/17/2015  2:27 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add TTerrier to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks for your comments - the sharp edges in the border design are still a puzzle to me. Having done a fair bit of metal work (although not engraving) I would have thought that you would make a dotted border either with a punch (easy but results in some metal deformation around the punchmark) or with a drill (avoids surface deformation - easy for us with modern tools not so easy for old Khusro). In any event it is a nice looking coin!
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 Posted 09/17/2015  2:39 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add echizento to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
You would be surprised to see how skilled the coin die makers were even as far back as the Ancient Greeks in early coin making history.
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 Posted 09/17/2015  6:56 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add dohcollector to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
i have 2 genuine myself

one of Hormazd VI and one of Khusro II,

good recourse on them

http://www.beastcoins.com/Sasanian/Sasanian.htm
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 Posted 09/25/2015  8:56 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jcmworld to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The border was done with a punch. A series of punch marks made the line. Just early die state. No real mystery. What's more impressive is that there are no weak spots on the reverse.
Nice year 8 WYH mint.
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