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Drachm - Ardashir I
| Issuer | Sasanian Empire |
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| Year | 233-239 |
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| Diameter | 25 mm |
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| Obverse description | Bust of Ardashir I facing right, depicted with a distinctive korymbos (orb-shaped hair bundle) enclosed within a crenellated crown surmounted by a Zoroastrian eagle, with long beard rendered in stylized parallel strands. The king wears a diadem with billowing ribbons behind the head, and is shown in the characteristic early Sasanian portraiture style with strong, angular facial features. A circular Pahlavi legend in Book Pahlavi script surrounds the effigy within a beaded border, reading the royal titulature of Ardashir. The flan is irregular, as typical of hammered Sasanian coinage of this early period. |
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| Reverse script | Pahlavi |
| Reverse lettering | 𐭭𐭥𐭠 𐭠𐭫𐭧𐭠 |
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