Vesta Sarkhosh CurtisVesta Sarkhosh Curtis is curator of ancient pre-Islamic coins in the Department of Coins and Medals in the British Museum. She is Secretary of the British Institute of Persian Studies and editor of their journal Iran, co-editor of The Art and Archaeoogy of Ancient Persia and the author of Persian Myths. Sheila R. Canby is an Assistant Keeper specializing in Islamic Iran in the Department of Asia in the British Museum. Her publications include Persian Painting, Princes, Pots and Paladins and The Golden Age of Persian Art 1501-1722. Read More Read Less