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Pashiz - Wahram V
| Issuer | Sasanian Empire |
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| Year | 420-438 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Wahram V (Bahram V) facing right, wearing the characteristic Sasanian royal crown with distinctive headdress elements. A duck monogram or emblem appears in the field before the royal effigy, rendered in the stylized manner typical of late Sasanian minor coinage. The portrait exhibits the conventional artistic treatment of Sasanian royal imagery, with summary engraving characteristic of base-metal pashiz issues. Beaded border surrounds the design. |
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| Reverse description | Fire altar with two attendants flanking the sacred flame, a standard reverse type on Sasanian coinage symbolizing the Zoroastrian state religion. The figure of Bahram (Wahram V) is depicted upon or associated with the altar. A duck motif appears in the field, echoing the symbolic prominence of the duck in Sasanian artistic iconography, where the bird held special cultural and religious significance as a creature inhabiting land, water, and air. The composition is rendered in the summary, somewhat crude style typical of lead pashiz issues, with a beaded border encircling the design. |
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| Mintage | ND (420-438) |
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