tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-890981984740618873.post-73284163476128045142008-03-23T02:34:00.004-04:002008-03-23T02:43:01.837-04:00<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_t1zHnkXd8P0/R-X6VyTAImI/AAAAAAAAA8s/SI7BpIhd_YQ/s1600-h/coin5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180822198545293922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_t1zHnkXd8P0/R-X6VyTAImI/AAAAAAAAA8s/SI7BpIhd_YQ/s400/coin5.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_t1zHnkXd8P0/R-X6PSTAIiI/AAAAAAAAA8M/4cpCnrvfa8s/s1600-h/coin1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180822086876144162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_t1zHnkXd8P0/R-X6PSTAIiI/AAAAAAAAA8M/4cpCnrvfa8s/s400/coin1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_t1zHnkXd8P0/R-X6PyTAIjI/AAAAAAAAA8U/wSwzB_I-d9k/s1600-h/coin2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180822095466078770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_t1zHnkXd8P0/R-X6PyTAIjI/AAAAAAAAA8U/wSwzB_I-d9k/s400/coin2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_t1zHnkXd8P0/R-X6QCTAIkI/AAAAAAAAA8c/B7hXCWREY2k/s1600-h/coin3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180822099761046082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_t1zHnkXd8P0/R-X6QCTAIkI/AAAAAAAAA8c/B7hXCWREY2k/s400/coin3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_t1zHnkXd8P0/R-X6QCTAIlI/AAAAAAAAA8k/MFQlt0utvEU/s1600-h/coin4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180822099761046098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_t1zHnkXd8P0/R-X6QCTAIlI/AAAAAAAAA8k/MFQlt0utvEU/s400/coin4.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Sasanian</span> coins come are from ancient Persia, which is modern day Iran. They date from the 3rd and 4<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">th</span> century, and they were contemporaries of the late Roman empire before it split into the Holy Roman empire and the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Byzantine</span> empire. It was before <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Islam,</span> and their religion was called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroastrianism">Zoroastrianism</a>, which has something to do with a fire altar, which is why there is a fire altar flanked by two people on the back of each coin. If you are interested in learning more, and seeing the names of the rulers and dates on specific coins, <a href="http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/sasania/sasanian.html">click here</a>.</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-5953928906874774"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel = ""; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div>Bill Donovanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09784106148142157239noreply@blogger.com