Dinar - Wahram I Style A/c

€442,890.00
IssuerSasanian Empire
Year273-276
TypeNon-circulating coins
ValueDinar (1)
CurrencyDinar (224 AD-651 AD)
CompositionGold
Weight7.16 g
Dimensions21 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound (irregular)
Hammered
Orientation3 o`clock ↑→
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) Göbl Sasan#I/1 Iran
Obverse descriptionDraped bust of Bahram I to right, wearing diadem and five-radiated crown with a great korymbos on top and long earflaps; two ribbons rising from behind head; two pellets above the ribbons; deteriorated legend along the dotted rim, running anticlockwise from 11 h to 1 h.
Obverse scriptInscriptional Pahlavi
Obverse lettering
(Translation: `mzdysn bgy wrhrʾn MRKAn MRKA ʾyrʾn W ʾnyrʾn MNW ctry MN yzdʾn` = `mazdēsn bay Wahrām šāhān šāh Ērān ud Anērān kē čihr az yaz(a)dān` (`The Mazda-worshipping Lord, Bahram, King of Kings of the Iranians and Non-Iranians, whose essence is from the gods`))
Reverse descriptionZoroastrian fire altar flanked by two attendants, wearing different types of crowns and holding scepters; to left and right.
Reverse scriptInscriptional Pahlavi
Reverse lettering
(Translation: NWRA ˗ wrhrʾn` = `ādur [ī] Wahrām` (`Fire of Bahram`).)
Edge
Mint
MintageND (273-276)  - -
Catalog ID5770084020
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