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Drachm - Boran type I/1

Emittent Sasanian Empire
Jahr 630-631
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Währung Dinar (224 AD-651 AD)
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Reversbeschreibung A fire altar decorated with hanging ribbons or fillets occupies the central field, flanked by two attendants standing face-to-face in a symmetrical arrangement, each depicted in profile with hands raised in a gesture of reverence, consistent with Zoroastrian priestly iconography. A crescent and star appear in the upper field above the altar, echoing the obverse symbolism. The mint signature and regnal year are inscribed in the lateral fields in Middle Persian Pahlavi script. The composition adheres closely to the standardized Sasanian fire-altar reverse type established by earlier rulers and continued throughout the dynasty.
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Boran — or Buran Dukht — was the first woman to rule the Sasanian Empire, ascending to the throne in 630 after the catastrophic losses of the Arab campaigns had gutted the male line of succession. Her reign lasted barely two years, and the empire she inherited was already fracturing irreversibly. Coins issued under her name are consequently among the rarest of the late Sasanian series.

The Type I/1 designation within Göbl's classification places this among the earliest strikes of her reign, before the mint network contracted further under military pressure.