Hey Josh what do you think??

MSD61

Sassanian right? But what king?
Thanks,
Micheál

ajaan

Don King?

coinpictures

Billy Jean King?

Aethelred

I'm not Josh, but I think that is a pretty nice example!

IlikeZARcoins

B.B King

CIVITAS

Hi Micheál,

Sasanian is not my area of expertise, but to my eye it looks like an Ardashir III, and a nice one to boot.

Madame

Busy looking coin. And what a head dress the king has on. Had to look hard to find him. Cool

MSD61

"Don King?"

"Billy Jane King?"

You lads are killing me








<< <i>Hi Micheál,

Sasanian is not my area of expertise, but to my eye it looks like an Ardashir III, and a nice one to boot. >>



Hi Josh,
Well the seller said it was Khusro II but when I checked my reference it didn't match any from that reign. I will check Ardashir II and III and see if it is one of them. I know you deal in alot of ancients and I thought you may know off hand. Yes this is a very pleasing example so I took it regardless of whom the King maybe

Thanks,
Me

CIVITAS

Well, if you bought it as a Khusro II, you did quite well as it's almost certainly something more scarce than that.

spoon

<< <i>Well, if you bought it as a Khusro II, you did quite well as it's almost certainly something more scarce than that. >>

Agreed!

Ardeshir III looks right--an obverse photo with less glare could help confirm, especially one showing the writing clearly. Here's what I can figure out: It's regnal year 2 (REV, left) and minted in BYSh - Bishapur (REV, right).

Aethelred

I was waiting for Mr. Spoon to hit this thread!

spoon

I'm still learning, myself!

That website really is great for IDing Sasanid coins