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Drachm - Khusro III
| Issuer | Sasanian Empire |
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| Year | 632 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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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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| Reverse script | Inscriptional Pahlavi |
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| Edge | Plain |
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