Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Dinar - Shapur II type I/7
| Issuer | Sasanian Empire |
|---|---|
| Year | 309-379 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Bust of the king facing right, rendered in the Sasanian court style with finely detailed regalia. The effigy is adorned with earrings and a mural crown fitted with characteristic earmuffs, surmounted by a globe or korymbos — the distinctive hair bundle associated with Sasanian royal iconography. The facial features are boldly struck in high relief, consistent with the hammered gold coinage of Shapur II's reign. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | A fire altar (atasdan) depicted in axial symmetry as a stepped column with a decorated capital (capitellum) and a multi-tiered base composed of stacked plates. A stylised tongue of flame issues from within the capitellum. The altar is supported on either side by stands in the form of lion-paw feet resting upon censers, the stands embellished with bow motifs. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded or pointed border, emphasising the sacred character of the Zoroastrian fire cult imagery central to Sasanian dynastic coinage. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | ND (309-379) - Göbl# I/7 - ND (309-379) - SNS# 204 (Type Ib/2a1 7.09 g.) Mint I (`Ctesiphon`) - |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |