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Dinar - "kushansha" Hormizd I (under Shapur I)
Country: Indo-Sasanian Kingdom
(Persia)
Denomination: AV Dinar
(1)
Year: (256-264)
Material: Gold
Weight: 7.79 g
Shape: Round
Diameter:
Type: Circulating commemorative coin
Catalog list: indo sasanian kingdompersia
Description:
Obverse
King standing left, trident in left field.
Helmet ending in lion's head, surmounted by flower-like globe; hair bushy, point of beard drawn through ring, halo around head.
Trident over altar without crescent; to right, "triralna", sometimes with swastika.
Kushan legend.
In second line, name of mint.
Reverse
Siva standing before bull Nandi, on base line.
God in Sasanian garment, with Sasanian diadem; top-hair satnding on end; head of Siva in front view.
Trident in left, noose in right hand.
Kushan legend.
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