Nerosmyfavorite68 Posted March 28 · Member Share Posted March 28 (edited) Due to my chronic incompetence at reading squiggles, I must beg the indulgence of members and humbly ask for ID help for said coins. (my favorite of the bunch) May I present Khrusru II, King of Kings of Iran and Non-Iran (what a great title for a king, people don't have style like that,anymore)... Khrusru II - 591-628 - AR Drachm - 33mm, 4.10g Khrusru II - 591-628 - AR Drachm - 32mm, 4.06 Khrusru II - 591-628 - AR Drachm - 34mm, 3.67g, bend Vologases I - 58-77 - 18mm, 3.63g Edited March 31 by Nerosmyfavorite68 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerosmyfavorite68 Posted March 29 · Member Author Share Posted March 29 (edited) ID help insofar as mints and years, if possible. That's the downside of that particular dealer. There's good deals, but the descriptions are barebones. I've been listening to the So You Think You Can rule Persia? podcast. Coin 1: AH mint?? Coin 2 A? Coin 3 LAM? Edited March 29 by Nerosmyfavorite68 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Snible Posted March 29 · Member Share Posted March 29 I use Tom Mallon's guide at http://grifterrec.org/coins/sasania/sas_mint/sas_mint_table.html when I get stuck. The first and third are AW. The second one confuses me. It might be AHM, because it reminds me of lettering on a coin where I called in an expert for help, and was told it was AHM. The Parthian is Ecbatana [= Hamadān, Iran] 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerosmyfavorite68 Posted March 29 · Member Author Share Posted March 29 Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerosmyfavorite68 Posted March 31 · Member Author Share Posted March 31 So that I can have the ID tags ready for when the coins arrive, I'll beg your indulgence with the dates. Top one: couldn't even guess, looks like all hash marks to me. middle 15? (based off the end squiggle) bottom: 33? Aside from Sasanian, I rarely ask for ID help. Many of these numbers and letters look so similar, and they're often a bit different than the tables. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerosmyfavorite68 Posted April 2 · Member Author Share Posted April 2 My date guesses are probably terribly wrong. It's a bit frustrating not to read these well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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