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Dinar - Wahram I Style A/c; taurus
| Issuer | Sasanian Empire (Sasanian Empire (224-651)) |
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| Year | 273-276 |
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| Orientation | 3 o'clock ↑→ |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Wahram I facing right, wearing a diadem tied with ribbons, surmounted by a radiate crown with a distinctive korymbos (tied hair bundle) atop. The king's beard is rendered in fine beaded detail, and his elaborate court dress is visible at the shoulder. A circular Inscriptional Pahlavi legend runs around the entire field within a beaded border, reading the royal titulature. The portrait is rendered in the characteristic bold relief of early Sasanian royal coinage. |
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| Reverse script | Inscriptional Pahlavi |
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Wahram I ruled for only three years before his death in 276 AD, and his gold coinage is correspondingly scarce. The Style A/c classification with taurus symbol reflects the systematic die-study work of Göbl, whose typology remains the standard framework for Sasanian gold — a series so poorly documented in ancient sources that the coins themselves constitute the primary historical record for much of the dynasty's early monetary output.