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Drachm - Khusro III
| Issuer | Sasanian Empire |
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| Year | 632 |
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| Weight | 3.42 g |
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| Obverse description | Bust of Khusro III facing right, depicted in the standard late Sasanian style wearing an elaborate winged crown surmounted by a crescent and star device. The royal effigy is rendered in low relief within a double beaded border, with crescent-and-star symbols flanking the bust at the three and nine o'clock positions in the outer field. Inscriptional Pahlavi legends appear to the right and left of the bust, with additional marginal inscription running within the border. A crescent-and-star symbol appears below the bust at the six o'clock position in the outer margin. |
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| Obverse script | Inscriptional Pahlavi |
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| Reverse description | Central fire altar flanked by two attendant figures standing in profile and facing inward, rendered in the standard Sasanian devotional format. The altar displays a stylized flame rising from its top, and the two attendants, dressed in ceremonial robes, each hold a staff or barsom bundle. The entire scene is enclosed within concentric beaded and linear borders. Crescent-and-star symbols appear in the outer margin at the three, six, and nine o'clock positions, and Inscriptional Pahlavi legends denoting the mint abbreviation and regnal year are present to the right and left of the central group. |
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