Dinar - Buran

Buran — more formally Purandokht — was one of only two women to rule the Sasanian Empire, ascending to the throne following the chaos that consumed the empire after Khosrow II's execution in 628. Her reign lasted barely two years, and the dynastic instability that bookended it meant mint output was erratic and geographically inconsistent. Gold issues attributable to her are rare enough that individual specimens regularly prompt scholarly debate over mint attribution.

She died, likely by assassination, in 631 or 632 — the same window this coin was struck.