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geraldyang New Member Canada 4 Posts	Posted 02/20/2008 01:12 am Could anyone help identify this? Thanks. Edited by Sap 02/21/2008 07:54 am Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16829 Posts	Posted 02/20/2008 03:08 am I've seen something like that before, but can't recall the specifics. With a (very stylized!) portrait on one side, and a (very stylized!) fire-altar on the other, it's definitely imitative of the Sassanian drachm, which looks like these. I'm reluctant to guess at this stage without swatting up some more. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16829 Posts	Posted 02/20/2008 03:37 am Aha, found it. It's from mediaeval India, normally catalogued under the name of the "Chaulukyas of Gujarat", circa 1000 AD. Check out this page on zeno.ru for numerous examples of this type. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
geraldyang New Member Canada 4 Posts	Posted 02/21/2008 6:27 pm Thank you so much, Sap. That was really helpful. Report this Post to the Staff
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