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Dinar - Yazdgerd II lightweight
| Issuer | Sasanian Empire |
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| Year | 438-457 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Effigy of Yazdgerd II in right-facing bust, wearing a distinctive mural crown surmounted by a korymbos — the characteristic Sasanian hair-globe — set upon a crescent, with inner ribbon diadem visible at the base of the crown. The portrait is rendered in the formal Sasanian court style, with the king's features presented in high relief typical of hammered gold coinage of the mid-fifth century AD. |
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| Reverse description | A Zoroastrian fire altar depicted centrally, adorned with hanging ribbons at its sides, flanked by two attendant figures in frontal stance, each raising their arms in a gesture of veneration or tending to the sacred flame. Pahlavi inscriptions appear in the fields to the left and right of the altar, likely recording the mint name and regnal year, consistent with standard Sasanian dinar reverse conventions. |
| Reverse script | Pahlavi |
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