| Issuer | Sasanian Empire |
| Year | 591-628 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | Drachm (1⁄12) |
| Currency | Dinar (224 AD-651 AD) |
| Composition | Silver (.900) |
| Weight | 4 g |
| Dimensions | 30 mm |
| Thickness | |
| Shape and Technique | Round (irregular) Hammered |
| Orientation | |
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| Reference(s) | Göbl Sasan#II/2, SNS Schaaf#624-628-631-632-638-639-641-646, SNS Schaaf#655-656-657-658-659-660-661 |
| Obverse description | Portrait of Khosru II `the victorious king`, like Khursu I, but within a crescent, on which there is a six-pointed star fixed on the vertical bar; two wings are fixed to the bar going out from the rim, like a crescent with a star. The field of the coinis bordered by two pointed rims, and there is a crescent with a star behind them symmetrically on two sides and below. Pahlavi legend |
| Obverse script | |
| Obverse lettering | ` pzwt GDH - Afzud xwarrah
hwsrwb - Husraw (Translation: May the royal Glory increase Khusru) |
| Reverse description | Zoroastrian fire altar, an `atasdan` with a capitellum and plates, near which two attendants wearing high headdresses stand facing ahead. The narrow part of the `atasdan` is covered by ribbons. To the left of the fire there is a star, and to the right a crescent. There is a triple rim around the picture with four crescents and stars. Pahlavi legend: to the left - the year of his reign; to the right - the mint. |
| Reverse script | |
| Reverse lettering | |
| Edge | Smooth |
| Mint | |
| Mintage | ND
(591-592) PR/PL - Frax-kar-Peroz / Furat-i-Meshan mint - ND (591-628) - Göbl# II/2 - ND (591-628) AB - Abarshahr mint - ND (591-628) AHM - SNS# 624 (Type II/2 4.14 g.) Hamadan / Ahmadan Media - ND (591-628) AR/ARM - Armn / Arman / Armin / Ardaxsir-Xwarrah mint - ND (591-628) ART - SNS# 628 (Type II/2 4.01 g.) Ardashir-Khurrah / Ardaxsir-Xwarrah (Gor) - ND (591-628) AW/AY - Ahwaz mint / Ohrmazd-Ardaxsir / Eran-khvarrah-Shapur / Khuzistan mint - ND (591-628) BN - SNS# 631 (Type II/2 4.08 g.) Bendjir (?) Kirman - ND (591-628) BYS - SNS# 632 (Type II/2 4.08 g.) Bishapur / Bisabhur - ND (591-628) GD - Jayy / Gayy mint - ND (591-628) GW - SNS# 638 (Type II/2 4.13 g.) Goyman (?) Gorgan Media - ND (591-628) GY - Gilan mint - ND (591-628) LAM - SNS# 639 (Type II/2 4.04 g.) Ram-Hormizd / Ram-Ohrmazd mint - ND (591-628) ML - SNS# 641 (Type II/2 3.82 g.) Merv / Merw - ND (591-628) MY - Mesun mint - ND (591-628) NAH/NHY - Nahrawan mint - ND (591-628) PR/PL - Frax-kar-Peroz / Furat-i-Meshan mint - ND (591-628) SK - SNS# 646 (Type II/2 405 g.) Sakastan (Zarag) Sistan (Yazd) - ND (591-628) SY/ShY - Siz / Shiraz mint - ND (591-628) WH - Veh-Ardashir (Seleucia) Iraq - ND (591-628) WYH - Veh-Kavad (Iraq) - ND (591-628) WYHC - SNS# 655 (Type II/2 3.84 g.) Veh-ar-Amid Kavad (Arrajan) Fars - ND (591-628) WYHC - SNS# 656 (Type II/2 4.15 g.) Veh-ar-Amid Kavad (Arrajan) Fars - ND (591-628) WYHC - SNS# 657 (Type II/2 4.14 g.) Veh-ar-Amid Kavad (Arrajan) Fars - ND (591-628) WYHC - SNS# 658 (Type II/2 3.49 g.) Veh-ar-Amid Kavad (Arrajan) Fars - ND (591-628) WYHC - SNS# 659 (Type II/2 4.11 g.) Veh-ar-Amid Kavad (Arrajan) Fars - ND (591-628) WYHC - SNS# 660 (Type II/2 4.08 g.) Veh-ar-Amid Kavad (Arrajan) Fars - ND (591-628) WYHC - SNS# 661 (Type II/2 4.03 g.) Veh-ar-Amid Kavad (Arrajan) Fars - ND (591-628) YZ/YZD - Yazd / Fars mint - ND (594-595) AT - Adurbadagan / Atrapatan (Azerbaijan) - ND (595-596) AY - Eran-khvarrah-Shapur / Khuzistan mint - ND (595-596) GD - Jayy / Gayy mint - ND (597-598) RA - Ram-Hormizd / Ram-Ohrmazd mint - ND (599-600) ML/MR - SNS# 641 (Type II/2 4.07 g.) Merv / Merw - ND (620-621) AY - Eran-khvarrah-Shapur / Khuzistan mint - ND (620-628) SY/ShY - Siz / Shiraz mint - |
| Catalog ID | 2162536770 |
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