Drachm - Shapur II (type Ib/1-5)
Country: Sasanian Empire
(Persia)
Denomination: AR Drachm
(1/12)
Year: (309-380)
Material: Silver (.900)
Weight: 4.11 g
Shape: Round
Diameter: 25 mm
Type: Common coin
Catalog list: sasanian empirepersia
Description:
Obverse
Aportrait of a king facing right, wearing a crown with three teeth and a globe. Ribbons flow only from the diadem. Bearded face and curled hair. There is a pointed ornament on the crown's globe. The king wears an earring and around his neck a necklace of a single row of beads. There is a single rim around the picture.
The Pahlavi legend
Reverse
The column is adorned with the "royal sign". The figures wear crowns with three teeth and globes.
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