Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Pashiz / Chalkous - Wahram I
| Issuer | Sasanian Empire |
|---|---|
| Year | 273-276 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Chalkon (1⁄576) |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | A stepped fire altar shown in profile at center, the sacred flame rising from its top, flanked by two standing attendants rendered in frontal or three-quarter stance. The attendant to the left wears a crown with korymbos, identifying him as of royal or high priestly rank, while the attendant to the right wears a mural crown. An Inscriptional Pahlavi legend surrounds the scene within a beaded border. The composition follows the canonical Sasanian reverse type emphasizing Zoroastrian religious symbolism central to the Sasanian dynastic ideology. |
| Reverse script | Inscriptional Pahlavi |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Wahram I ruled for just three years before his death in 276, a reign short enough that his bronze coinage remains genuinely scarce relative to his silver drachms. The Sasanian bronze denominations of this period — the pashiz and chalkous — occupied the lower end of everyday exchange, and their survival rate reflects that: heavily circulated, often poorly preserved, and underrepresented in major collections. Wahram I had secured his throne partly through Kartir's clerical influence, a dynamic that shaped court politics more than monetary policy.