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Drachm - Kavadh I First Reign - type I/1
| Issuer | Sasanian Empire |
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| Year | 484-496 |
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| Value | Drachm (1⁄12) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing draped bust of Kavadh I within a beaded border, wearing his distinctive three-pronged crown adorned with a frontal crescent; atop the crown rises a vertical finial surmounted by a crescent enclosing a globe fashioned from flame-like projections, the finial wrapped in a ribbon whose ends curve upward. A diadem of two rows of pellets encircles the royal head, and a hair-globe is rendered at the nape of the neck. A crescent appears above each shoulder, while the trailing ends of a second ribbon — each terminating in a six-pointed star — emerge from behind the shoulders. Crescents with globes are symmetrically placed at left, right, and below within the beaded rim. A Pahlavi inscription reading kdy kw·t (Great Kavad) occupies the field. |
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| Reverse description | Central fire altar with a blazing flame rising from its capital, flanked by schematic standing attendant figures whose pointed headdresses break the inner beaded border. A six-pointed star appears to the left of the flame and a crescent to the right. The altar's shaft is draped with a ribbon whose ends hang downward. The entire composition is enclosed within a beaded circular border, consistent with standard Sasanian reverse iconography symbolizing the Zoroastrian sacred fire. |
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| Mintage | 484 - Göbl# I/1 - ND (488-496) AW - Ohrmazd-Ardaxsir / Erankhvarrah-Shapur mint - ND (488-496) AY - SNS# 524 (Type Ia1/1 4.05 g.) Eran-khvarrah-Shapur Khuzistan - ND (488-496) AY - SNS# 525 (Type Ia2/1 4.12 g.) Eran-khvarrah-Shapur Khuzistan - ND (488-496) LD/RD - SNS# 531 (Type Ia1/1 4.06 g.) Rayy Media - ND (488-496) MA - SNS# 532 (Type Ia1/1 3.38 g.) May (Masabadan) Media - ND (490-491) - W. H. Valentine#39 - |
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