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Inverted anchor cross. A cross with slightly widened ends, with two anchor flukes coming out of the top and curving left and right, also with slightly widened ends.







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  • 1946 Iran 2 Rials

    1946 Iran 2 Rials

    An imperial looking coin from a historic nation Iran (The Pahlavi Crown, commissioned by Reza Shah in 1925. Image: TheZay.org) Iran has been inhabited for a long time. Stone tools found in the region date back 800,000 years. We have previously looked at coins from some of the civilisations which have occupied modern-day Iran. These…

  • Sasanian Drachm 591-628

    Sasanian Drachm 591-628

    Khosrow II, one of the last great Sasanian Shahs The Sasanian Empire lasted from 224 – 621 A.D., when it was overthrown by the Arab Rashidun Caliphate. Today part of Iran, the area Conquered by Alexander the Great in 330 B.C., then became part of the Seleucid Empire. Although influenced by their Iranian subjects, the…