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Drachm - Ardashir I
| Issuer | Sasanian Empire |
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| Year | 233-239 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bust of Ardashir I facing right, depicted with a full, elaborately segmented beard rendered in horizontal ribbed bands, and wearing the distinctive Sasanian mural crown adorned with a korymbos (orb-shaped hair bundle) at the apex. The effigy is rendered in high relief in the characteristic early Sasanian artistic style. A circular Pahlavi legend surrounds the portrait within a beaded inner border, reading the royal titulature of the king of kings. The outer rim is defined by a plain raised edge consistent with hammered silver coinage of the period. |
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| Obverse script | Pahlavi |
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| Mintage | ND (233-239) |
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