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Drachm - Ardashir III type I/1
| Issuer | Sasanian Empire |
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| Year | 628-630 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A fire altar (atashan) on a stepped base, its column draped with hanging ribbons, flanked by two standing attendant figures in full frontal stance, each grasping a sword and wearing a headdress surmounted by a crescent. A star appears to the left of the flame and a crescent to the right. Four star-and-crescent devices are evenly distributed around the inner rim. A Pahlavi legend occupies the marginal field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Ardashir III came to power as a child of seven following the murder of his father Kavad II, himself having reigned only a matter of months after overthrowing Khosrow II. The years 628–630 mark one of the most violent successions in Sasanian history — a dynastic collapse so rapid that at least four rulers claimed the throne within a single decade. Ardashir III was executed by the general Shahrbaraz in 630, after a reign of roughly eighteen months.
The type I/1 classification in Göbl's system places this among the earliest dies of his reign, struck before the administrative machinery of the empire had fully acknowledged his accession across provincial mints.