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krizzdeburgh New Member Norway 21 Posts	Posted 03/06/2011 05:34 am Sassanian I think Edited by krizzdeburgh 03/06/2011 11:10 am Report this Post to the Staff

t0rress Pillar of the Community Bulgaria 843 Posts	Posted 03/06/2011 05:49 am Sassanian Persia, 206 - 651 AD Report this Post to the Staff
t0rress Pillar of the Community Bulgaria 843 Posts	Posted 03/06/2011 05:51 am The vaule it's 35 or 40$ inherited collection #5 no inherited collection #4 again :) Edited by t0rress 03/06/2011 05:53 am Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16857 Posts	Posted 03/06/2011 8:47 pm It's not actually Sassanian. On the obverse near the rim in the 3 o'clock to 6 o'clock quadrant is the Arabic word "bismallah". This coin is an "Arab-Sassanian" dirham, struck by the early Islamic Caliphate in imitation of Sassanian drachm. The mint-name is to the right of the fire-altar scene on the reverse, but I can;t find a match on the table of Arab-Sassanian mint names. 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
krizzdeburgh New Member Norway 21 Posts	Posted 03/07/2011 02:53 am Right of the fire altar? I can't see anything Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16857 Posts	Posted 03/07/2011 05:32 am This is the area I'm talking about, between the two arrows. I've rotated the coin 90 degrees to "read" the word properly. My best guess for the mint is "TART", a mintmark attributed to the Tawwaj mint. I also just noticed that the area on the obverse in the 12 o'clock to 3 o'clock quadrant of the rim is actually an oval-shaped "Governor's countermark", applied by local governors in the Caliphate to verify the coins are indeed good for use there. There also appears to have been some kind of inscription on the other side in the 9 o'clock to 12 o'clock quadrant, which has been almost obliterated by the countermark. 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
krizzdeburgh New Member Norway 21 Posts	Posted 03/07/2011 08:09 am ahh. pretty cool Report this Post to the Staff
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