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Drachm - Hormazd IV Rev-Ardashir
| Issuer | Sasanian Empire |
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| Year | 591 |
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| Diameter | 35 mm |
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| Obverse description | Bust of the Sasanian king facing right, wearing a distinctive royal crown with characteristic korymbos (orb of hair) and royal diadem. The effigy is rendered in the stylized Sasanian tradition with a crescent and star motif in the field. An inscription in Inscriptional Pahlavi script appears around the portrait in the legend, identifying the ruler. |
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| Reverse description | Fire altar flanked by two attendants standing in profile, each facing inward toward the altar. The altar displays a flame rising from the top, rendered in the standard Sasanian numismatic convention. Inscriptional Pahlavi legends appear in the field and margin, with a mint signature and regnal year indicated in the appropriate registers. |
| Reverse script | Inscriptional Pahlavi |
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