| Issuer | Sasanian Empire |
| Year | 590-628 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | Drachm (1⁄12) |
| Currency | Dinar (224 AD-651 AD) |
| Composition | Silver (.900) |
| Weight | 3.79 g |
| Dimensions | 32 mm |
| Thickness | |
| Shape and Technique | Round (irregular) Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Engraver(s) | |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | Göbl Sasan#II/3, SNS Schaaf#626-630-637-640-644-645-647-648-649-650-651-662, Val Sn#50 |
| Obverse description | Portrait of Khosru II `the victorious king`, like Khursu I, but within a crescent, on which there is a six-pointed star fixed on the vertical bar; two wings are fixed to the bar going out from the rim, like a crescent with a star. The field of the coinis bordered by two pointed rims, and there is a crescent with a star behind them symmetrically on two sides and below. Pahlavi legend |
| Obverse script | |
| Obverse lettering | ` pzwt GDH - Afzud xwarrah
hwsrwb - Husraw (Translation: May the royal Glory increase Khusru) |
| Reverse description | Zoroastrian fire altar, an `atasdan` with a capitellum and plates, near which two attendants wearing headdresses stand facing ahead, are in the hunts, with a crescent with its ends pointing upwards. The narrow part of the `atasdan` is covered by ribbons. To the left of the fire there is a star, and to the right a crescent. There is a triple rim around the picture with four crescents and stars. Pahlavi legend: to the left - the year of his reign; to the right - the mint. |
| Reverse script | |
| Reverse lettering | |
| Edge | Flat hammered coin smooth edge |
| Mint | |
| Mintage | ND
(590-628) - W. H. Valentine#50 - ND (591-628) - Göbl# II/3 - ND (591-628) - Uncertain Mint - ND (591-628) AHM/AH - SNS# 626 (Type II/3 4.12 g.) Hamadan / Ahmadan Media - ND (591-628) AM - Amol / Amuj - ND (591-628) AP/APL/APR - Abarsahr - ND (591-628) APH - Abhar - ND (591-628) AR/ARM - Armn / Arman / Armin / Ardaxsir-Xwarrah - ND (591-628) ART - Ardaxsir-Xwarrah (Gor) - ND (591-628) AS - Asur - ND (591-628) AT - Adurbadagan - ND (591-628) AW/AY - Ahwaz / Ohrmazd-Ardaxsir / Eran-khvarrah-Shapur Khuzistan - ND (591-628) AYL/AYLAN - Eran-asan-kart-Kavad / Eran-Xwarrah-Yazdgird / Eran-vin(n)ard-Kawad - ND (591-628) BBA - SNS# 630 (Type II/3 4.19 g.) Ctesiphon - ND (591-628) BN/BNY - Kerman / Banardan - ND (591-628) BRCY/BZRC - Burz - ND (591-628) BW - Bawad - ND (591-628) BYSh/BS - Bishapur / Bisabhur - ND (591-628) DA/DR - SNS# 637 (Type II/3 4.16 g.) Darabgerd Fars - ND (591-628) DYNAN - Dinawaran / Dinawar (DYNAN/DYNAW/DYN) - ND (591-628) GD - Gay (Jayy) Media - ND (591-628) GW - Goyman (?) Gorgan Media - ND (591-628) GY - Gilan - ND (591-628) HC/HWC - Huzistan - ND (591-628) HR/HRYHRM - Harew / Hariy / Xwarem - ND (591-628) KR/KN - Kerman (Sirjan) - ND (591-628) LYW - SNS# 640 (Type II/3 4.06 g.) Rev Ardashir Khuzestan - ND (591-628) MA - Mad / Masabadan - ND (591-628) ML/MR - Merv / Merw - ND (591-628) MY - Meshan / Mesun - ND (591-628) NA/WA - Nawazag / =Balh - ND (591-628) NAH - Nahrawan - ND (591-628) NAR - Nahr-Tirag / =Nod-Ardaxsirakan - ND (591-628) NY - Nemawand / =Nehawand - ND (591-628) PL - SNS# 644 (Type II/3 3.98 g.) Furat-i-Meshan (Iraq) - ND (591-628) PL - SNS# 645 (Type II/3 3.58 g.) Furat-i-Meshan (Iraq) - ND (591-628) PR - Frax-kar-Peroz - ND (591-628) RAM/LAM/RA - Ram-Hormizd / Ram-Ohrmazd - ND (591-628) RD/LD - Ray - ND (591-628) RH/RHW - Raxwat - ND (591-628) RWDY - Royan - ND (591-628) RYW - Rew-Ardaxsir - ND (591-628) S/SS - Sus i Erkar - ND (591-628) SK - SNS# 647 (Type II/3 4.03 g.) Sakastan (Zarag) Sistan (Yazd) - ND (591-628) SK - SNS# 648 (Type II/3 4.03 g.) Sakastan (Zarag) Sistan (Yazd) - ND (591-628) SMR - Samarkand / Samran - ND (591-628) ST - SNS# 649 (Type II/3 4.12 g.) Staxr / Istakhr (Persepolis) Fars - ND (591-628) ST - SNS# 650 (Type II/3 4.17 g.) Staxr / Istakhr (Persepolis) Fars - ND (591-628) SY/ShY - SNS# 651 (Type II/3 4.16 g.) Siz / Shiraz Fars - ND (591-628) WH - Veh-Ardashir (Seleucia) Iraq - ND (591-628) WR - Wiramin - ND (591-628) WRC - Wirozan - ND (591-628) WYH - Veh-Kavad (Iraq) - ND (591-628) WYHC - SNS# 662 (Type II/3 4.15 g.) Veh-ar-Amid Kavad (Arrajan) Fars - ND (591-628) YZ - SNS# 663 (Type II/3 4.15 g.) Yazd (Fars) - ND (591-628) ZWZN' - Zozan - ND (594-595) BN - Banardan - ND (595-596) NY - Nemawand / =Nehawand - ND (600-601) ART - Ardaxsir-Xwarrah (Gor) - ND (601-602) SK - Zarang / Sakastan / Sistan - ND (614-615) AP - Abarsahr - ND (618-619) GW - Goyman (?) Gorgan Media - ND (619-620) AP - Abarsahr - ND (619-620) GD - Gay (Jayy) Media - ND (622-623) GD - Gay (Jayy) Media - ND (622-623) WYHC - Veh-ar-Amid Kavad (Arrajan) Fars - ND (623-624) LYW - Rev-Ardashir / Khuzistan (SNS# 640 - Type II/3) - ND (625-626) AY - Eran-khvarrah-Shapur Khuzistan - ND (626-627) AY - Eran-khvarrah-Shapur Khuzistan - |
| Catalog ID | 3449468460 |
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