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Hemidrachm - Hormazd I type I/2a
| Issuer | Sasanian Empire |
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| Year | 271-273 |
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| Currency | Dinar (224 AD-651 AD) |
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| Obverse description | Frontal bust of Hormazd I facing right, depicted in the royal Sasanian tradition with elaborate headdress surmounted by a globe or korymbos, and adorned with pendant earrings. The effigy is rendered in the characteristic high-relief hammered style of early Sasanian coinage, with fine detail in the crown's decorative elements. The king's portrait displays the idealized regal bearing typical of the Shapur I to Hormazd I transitional period. |
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| Reverse description | A fire altar decorated with hanging ribbons or fillets occupies the central field, flanked on either side by two attendants facing inward toward the altar, each holding a barsom (bundle of wooden rods) in the Zoroastrian priestly tradition. The composition reflects the canonical Sasanian reverse type emphasizing the sacred fire cult central to the Zoroastrian state religion. The altar and attendant figures are rendered in the flat, schematic style characteristic of early Sasanian hammered silver coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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