COINS

Dr. Sadeghian minored in history in college and has a special interest in studying and collecting ancient and recent coins.  Here is a small sample of his coin collection. 

Xereox 1, Achaemenid Empire, AV Daric (8.32 gm), Circa 485-420 BC

Parthian Dynasty, Orodes II, 57-38BC, Susa Mint, Sellwood 47.25, Shore 252

Sassanid Dynasty, Ardeshir Babakan

Shpur I, 240-271AD, Silver Drachm

Heptalian Dynasty, Pahlavi Writing, Bronze, Herat Mint

Arab-Sassanian coin - Abdelmalek Ibn Marwan, (The Umayyad Caliph) 65-86 AH / 685-705 AD, AR Drachm 3.43 Grams, 29 MM, Sassanian coin with bismallah struck on the corner as Arabs still did not have their own coins.  Mint at Fasa {DA + P) in the year 60 = 71 AH, SICA I, # 273 Same dies

Umayyad Dynasty, Umar Ibn Abd Al Aziz, Silver Dirham, Damascus Mint, 101AH, 719AD

Harun al-Rashid

Marginal legend - 'In the name of God. This dirham was struck in Madinat al-Salam in the year ninety and one hundred [190]' ; central legend - 'There is no deity except [the one] God alone he has no equal'.

Abbasid, al-Ma’mun (AH194-218), and Ali Ibn Mussa Al Reza, al-Ma'mun's Crown Prince.  The last effort to unify Shiettes and Sunnis together, Extremely Rare. Dirham, Mint Isfahan, 203AH (AD 819)               

Taher Dulyaminain, Tahirid Dynasty, Extremely Rare

Saffarid, Yaqub b. Al-Layth, 247-265AH, Silver Dirham, Banjhir (259-261) Mint

Bowied Dynasty, Adadula, Abou Shoujaa

Sultan Mahmoud Ghaznavi

Saladin Ayyubid Dynasty of Palestine, during the crusades, Dirham

Shah Abbas the Great, Ashrafi, Tabriz Mint, AH 1014

Nader Shah, 1149AH

Karim-Khan Zand, Kashan Mint

Satar Khan, Sardar Melli, Commemorative Medallion, Copper, 1379

Napoleon Bonnaparte 1811 20 Francs

Tsar Nicola Romanoff 1897 15 Rubles

2.5 Pahlavi 1354 Gold

Iranian National Front Pin