Request for a mint [solved]

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This message aims at: requesting the creation or the modification of a mint

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Please add Sakastan, Sagistan, modern day Sistan to the list of Mints. Nowadays, this region is common among three countries: Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan. Thanks.

The reference for the mint:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakastan_(Sasanian_province)

Mints are usually located in a city, not a whole province. Was it a moving mint?

On base of the references I found, Sakastan refer to a region in South East of Iran. There is not a referring to an exclusive city. Probably it is an exceptional mint name that refer to a region instead of a city. 

The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity: Under Shapur II, a Sasanian mint was established in Sakastan (mint-mark: SKSTN, S, SK). From the first reign of Kavad I (r. 488–496) onwards, this mint was located at the provincial capital Zrang (mint-mark: ZR, ZRN, ZRNG).

 

One of references I found is as below: 

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/x55684 

Sincerely, 

Status changed to Done (Compendium, 11 Jun 2024, 17:55)

Done (it was an alternative name to Zaranj according to Nikolaus Schindel (S AKASTAN IN THE F OURTH AND F IFTH CENTURY AD.
S OME H ISTORICAL REMARKS BASED ON THE N UMISMATIC EVIDENCE)

Thanks for your attention.

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