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Chalkon - Hormizd I
| Issuer | Indo-Sasanian Kingdom |
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| Year | 264-272 |
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| Value | Chalkon (1⁄576) |
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| Obverse description | King standing to left in full armour, wearing a helmet surmounted by a lion's head finial; hair plaited, with the point of the beard drawn through a ring; no globe or diadem present. The king holds a trident with two lateral appendages in the left hand and directs the right hand toward a small fire-altar without flames, with the trident positioned above the altar. Supplementary devices include a swastika and a single dot between the legs, a chintamani symbol near the sword hilt, and a triratna with a circle to the right of the figure. A Kushan legend appears in the field. |
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| Reverse script | Bactrian (Kushan script) |
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Hormizd I ruled for less than two years before his death in 272 AD, making any coinage attributable to his reign inherently scarce. The Indo-Sasanian issues complicate attribution further — many were struck by regional governors or vassal rulers invoking Sasanian royal imagery long after the named king's death, meaning "Hormizd I" on a catalog label describes a type as much as an issuer.
Billon content in these frontier issues varied considerably depending on available bullion, and the Herzfeld classification system remains the primary organizational tool despite dating to early 20th-century fieldwork in the region.