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Obol - Ardashir I
| Issuer | Sasanian Empire |
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| Year | 233-238 |
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| Value | Obol (1⁄72) |
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| Obverse description | Effigy of Ardashir I facing right, wearing a diademed close-fitting headdress adorned with a korymbos and earflaps, consistent with the royal type R diadem of the early Sasanian period. The portrait is rendered in the characteristic high-relief hammered style of early Sasanian coinage, with strong facial features and regal bearing. A beaded border encircles the coin's periphery. |
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| Reverse description | A stepped fire altar occupying the central field, surmounted by two flames rising prominently from the altar bowl, flanked on either side by attendant figures. Two royal diadems of type R are depicted flanking the altar, a hallmark of Ardashir I's coinage symbolizing Zoroastrian royal legitimacy. Inscriptional Pahlavi legends appear in the field to the left and right of the altar. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border, consistent with early Sasanian hammered coinage conventions. |
| Reverse script | Inscriptional Pahlavi |
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