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Drachm - Yazdgerd II
| Issuer | Sasanian Empire |
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| Year | 438-457 |
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| Value | Drachm (1⁄12) |
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| Obverse description | Effigy of Yazdgerd II facing right in profile, depicted with a stylised draped bust. The king wears an elaborate mural crown surmounted by a korymbos — a spherical hair bundle — set upon a crescent, with an inner ribbon visible at the base. The portrait is rendered in the characteristic Sasanian die-cutting style, with bold linear engraving emphasising regal authority. The surrounding field retains the flat, unadorned character typical of early to mid-fifth-century Sasanian silver coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | 𐭩𐭦𐭣𐭪𐭫𐭲𐭩 |
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| Reverse script | Middle Persian (Pahlavi) |
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