Iravan or Mashhad? [solved]

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ema2005
Joined: 22 Ekim 2016
Posts: 8
Posted: 14 Şub 2025, 19:08 #
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I've found this coin but I have some trouble for its identification. 

It seems both this one:

N#98368

and this one:

N#194924

Are they the same coin?

The lettering of my coin appears to me very similar but the elephant rider is to the right…

(like in this picture: https://www.numisbids.com/sale/3628/lot/992)

So, is it an Armenian or a Persian coin? Or the same coin circulating in Armenia too? Or there is a mistake in Numista catalogue and it doesn't match with Iravan (Erevan)?

SGreg85
Joined: 2 Tem 2024
Posts: 628
Posted: 14 Şub 2025, 19:44 #
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Mashad seems a closer match. There are a couple of similar ones on Zeno, even with the same date:
https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=332892

https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=331299

https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=67878

Vic65
Joined: 7 Şub 2012
Posts: 830
Posted: 14 Şub 2025, 21:32 #
Edited: 14 Şub 2025, 23:22
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Your coin bears the legend falus zarb mashhad

Vic
ema2005
Joined: 22 Ekim 2016
Posts: 8
Posted: 15 Şub 2025, 11:29 #
Edited: 15 Şub 2025, 11:36
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Thank you all for your kind answers! So, in your opinion, there's no possibility this coin had been circulating in Armenia too?

Status changed to Solved (ema2005, 17 Kas 2025, 11:13)
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