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Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 10/28/2017 1:55 pm Took me a while to figure this one out. Sassanian empire, Vahran I 273-276 AE 19mm, 1.90g Bearded bust right, wearing ornate orb-topped crown Fire altar with spear-wielding attendants, Pahlavi to either side. Göbl SN I/1; MACW 840 Extremely rare I was only able to find two examples online, this one on Grifter from the Schaaf collection: http://grifterrec.rasmir.com/sasani..._varI_1.html http://grifterrec.rasmir.com/sasani..._m840_rs.jpg This one on acsearch: https://www.acsearch.info/search.ht...t=1&images=1¤cy=usd&thesaurus=1&order=0&company= It's a terrible shame about the obverse, this would be an incredibly valuable coin without the damage or whatever it is. Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34419 Posts	Posted 10/28/2017 2:07 pm Quote: damage or whatever it is Interesting coin, but I have absolutely no idea how that PMD could have occurred. Those look like flow lines, so maybe the surface was melted and then cooled slowly? "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 10/28/2017 3:53 pm Gee what happen to this coin? That is some strange looking damage. Report this Post to the Staff
pfitzner New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 10/29/2017 3:46 pm This type is neither rare nor expensive. Here are seven examples that CNG has handled over the years. https://www.cNGCoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=318177 https://www.cNGCoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=318177 https://www.cNGCoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=339460 https://www.cNGCoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=287827 https://www.cNGCoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=186545 https://www.cNGCoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=23914 https://www.cNGCoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=50742 https://www.cNGCoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=132675 For the coin on grifterrec I paid a good deal less than $500, and that was at a fair premium, since it's the Sellwood plate coin. There is a far rarer reverse type, of which only three examples have been published, one in silver (Anne van't Haaff collection, on grifterrec and SNS 2) and two in copper (both my collection, now at Princeton.) PS. The original grifterrec is back, without any Russian piracy. Just change the .com to .org. Report this Post to the Staff
Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 10/30/2017 1:53 pm Thanks for the comment and for providing those links! I need to learn to remember to include alternate spellings in my searches, apparently! Report this Post to the Staff
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