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Drachm - Ardashir I type IV - corona muralis
| Issuer | Sasanian Empire |
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| Year | 224-241 |
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| Weight | 3.09 g |
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| Obverse description | Bust of Ardashir I facing right, draped and bearded, with long curled hair falling in distinctive globular locks onto the shoulder. The king wears a mural crown (corona muralis) surmounted by a korymbos — a large spherical hair bundle wrapped in a diadem — characteristic of Ardashir I's Type IV coinage. A circular Pahlavi legend runs around the effigy within a beaded border, proclaiming the king's royal titulature and divine legitimacy. The portrait is rendered in high relief in the bold, idealized style characteristic of early Sasanian court art. |
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| Obverse lettering | mzdysn bgy ` rthstr MLK ` n MLK ` ` yr ` n MNW ctry MN yzd ` n-mazdesn bay Ar-daxsir sahan sah Eran ke cihr az yazdan (Translation: Mazda worshipper, the lord (divine) Ardashir, king of kings of Iran, whose origin is from the gods) |
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| Reverse script | Pahlavi |
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