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Drachm - Ardashir I
Issuer | Sasanian Empire |
Year | 234-239 |
Type | Standard circulation coin |
Value | Drachm (1⁄12) |
Currency | Dinar (224 AD-651 AD) |
Composition | Silver |
Weight | 4.06 g |
Dimensions | 25 mm |
Thickness | |
Shape and Technique | Round (irregular) Hammered |
Orientation | 3 o`clock ↑→ |
Engraver(s) | |
In circulation to | |
Reference(s) | SNS PBW1#IIIa(4a)/3a(2b) and pl. 10, 154#, Sunrise#715 |
Obverse description | Bust right, wearing diadem (type G) and close-fitting headdress with korymbos and no earflaps |
Obverse script | Inscriptional Pahlavi |
Obverse lettering | |
Reverse description | Fire altar (flames 2) with diadems (type G); pellet to right of altar shaft. |
Reverse script | Inscriptional Pahlavi |
Reverse lettering | |
Edge | Smooth |
Mint | C Ctesiphon, Babylonia, modern-day Madain, Iraq |
Mintage | ND
(234-239) - -
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Catalog ID | 8620517930 |
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