Dinar - Hormizd I

Issuer Indo-Sasanian Kingdom
Year 256-264
Type Commemorative circulation coin
Value 1 Dinar
Currency Drachm (230 AD-360 AD)
Composition Gold
Weight 7.79 g
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Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
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Reference(s) Herfeld#9
Obverse description King standing left, trident in left field. Helmet ending in lion`s head, surmounted by flower-like globe; hair bushy, point of beard drawn through ring, halo around head. Trident over altar without crescent; to right, `triralna`, sometimes with swastika. Kushan legend. In second line, name of mint.
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Reverse description Siva standing before bull Nandi, on base line. God in Sasanian garment, with Sasanian diadem; top-hair satnding on end; head of Siva in front view. Trident in left, noose in right hand. Kushan legend.
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Mintage ND (256-264) - -
Numisquare ID 2461357110
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