My Collection
Drachm - Varhran I (type I/1)
Country: Sasanian Empire
(Persia)
Denomination: AR Drachm
(1/12)
Year: (272-276)
Material: Silver (.900)
Weight: 4.15 g
Shape: Round
Diameter: 27 mm
Type: Common coin
Catalog list: sasanian empirepersia
Description:
Obverse
A portrait picture of Varhran facing right in a radiant crown with a globe. On the globe there are ornamental points. Ribbons flow from the diadem with their ends upwards. The hair in the from of tightly twisted plaits. Bearded face and moustache. There is a single pointed rim around the picture. Around the neck there is a necklace of large beads.
The Pahlavi legend
Reverse
An "atasdan" in the form of high column with a base and capitellum. There are figures on both sides. One of them is the god Ahura Mazda (or attendant with stylized crown of Ahuramazda), to the left wearing the crown of Ohmazd I.
Pahlavi legend
Related Coins
¼ Shekel (Philistia)
Country: Persian satrapies (Achaemenid satrapy of Yehud Medinata)
(Persia) / Denomination: 1/4 Shekel
(1/4)
Year: (-539--332) / Material: Silver
1/16 Shekel - Abdashtart I (Sidon)
Country: Persian satrapies (Achaemenid satrapy of Phoenicia)
(Persia) / Denomination: 1/16 Shekel
(1/16)
Year: (-370--358) / Material: Silver
Shekel (Philistia)
Country: Persian satrapies (Achaemenid satrapy of Yehud Medinata)
(Persia) / Denomination: 1 Shekel
(1)
Year: (-539--332) / Material: Silver
Drachm - Vardanes I (Sellwood Type 64.31 - Ecbatana)
Country: Parthian Empire
(Persia) / Denomination: AR Drachm
(1)
Year: (40-47) / Material: Silver (.980)
Drachm - Gondophares - 12 BC-130 AD (Province of Sakastan)
Country: Indo-Parthian Kingdom
(Persia) / Denomination: AR Drachm
(1)
Year: (20-55) / Material: Silver
Pashiz / Unit / 8 Chalkoi - Ardashir I (type VII)
Country: Sasanian Empire
(Persia) / Denomination: AE pashiz / AE unit / AE 8 Chalkoi
(1/72)
Year: (224-241) / Material: Copper
Drachm - Varhran VI (type I/1)
Country: Sasanian Empire
(Persia) / Denomination: AR Drachm
(1/12)
Year: 590-591 / Material: Silver (.900)
Drachm - Sarpedonus - 12 BC-130 AD (Province of Bannu)
Country: Indo-Parthian Kingdom
(Persia) / Denomination: AR Drachm
(1)
Year: 60 / Material: Silver
Tetradrachm - Bagadates I King of Persis (Seleucid sub-kingdom)
Country: Persian satrapies (Hellenistic satrapies)
(Persia) / Denomination: AR Tetradrachm
(4)
Year: (-300--200) / Material: Silver
Drachm - Varhran I (type Ia/1 - Left-facing type)
Country: Sasanian Empire
(Persia) / Denomination: AR Drachm
(1/12)
Year: (273-276) / Material: Silver (.900)