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Pashiz / Unit / Chalkous - "kushansha" Baga Vorohrane (under Shapur I)
Country: Indo-Sasanian Kingdom
(Persia)
Denomination: AE pashiz / AE unit / AE Chalkous
(1/576)
Year: (252-256)
Material: Copper
Weight: 1.46 g
Shape: Round (irregular)
Diameter: 14 mm
Type: Common coin
Catalog list: indo sasanian kingdompersia
Description:
Obverse
Bust of king to right; crown adorned with two rows of pearls, surmounted by globe (flower-like?); hair in plaints, point of beard drawn through ring; ear-ring, necklace.
Parsik legend beging at left shoulder
Reverse
Fire-altar, adorned with ribbons, with full bust of Hormizd, holding in left long sceptre, in right corona with fillet.
Parsik legend
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