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Drachm - Kavadh I Second Reign - type I/1 - II/1

Issuer Sasanian Empire
Year 488-531
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Value Drachm (1⁄12)
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Reverse description Central fire altar depicted in schematic profile, with blazing flames rising from the altar top; a six-pointed star appears to the left of the flames and a crescent to the right of the fire, both within the inner field. The altar column is draped with a ribbon whose ends hang downward. Schematically rendered guardian figures stand on either side of the altar, their headdresses emerging from a pointed border encircling the coin's reverse field. The overall composition is characteristic of late Sasanian fire-altar reverses with flanking attendants.
Reverse script Pahlavi
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Mintage ND (488-497) - Göbl# I/1 -
ND (499-531) - Göbl# II/1 -
ND (499-531) BYS - SNS# 542 (Type Ic/1a 4.04 g.) Bishapur / Bisabuhr -
ND (499-531) DYNAW - SNS# 543 (Type Ic/1b 4.04 g.) DYWAN Dinavar (?) -
ND (499-531) LYW - SNS# 546 (Type Ic/1b 4.06 g.) Rev Ardashir Khuzestan -
ND (499-531) MY - SNS# 548 (Type Ic/1b 4.13 g.) Meshan Iraq -
ND (522-523) AH - Hamadan / Ahmadan Media (Type Ic/1a - SNS# 542) -
ND (523-524) KL/KR - Kerman (Sirjan) -
ND (526-527) KL/KR - Kerman (Sirjan) -
ND (529-530) AY - Ahwaz / Ohrmazd-Ardaxsir / Eran-khvarrah-Shapur Khuzistan -
ND (530-531) - W. H. Valentine#40 -
ND (530-531) KL/KR - Kerman (Sirjan) -
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