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Drachm - Shapur II (type Ia/6a)
Country: Sasanian Empire
(Persia)
Denomination: AR Drachm
(1/12)
Year: (309-380)
Material: Silver (.900)
Weight: 4.10 g
Shape: Round
Diameter: 20 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 from the globe and 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
In the flame of atasdan there is a bust facing right. The figures by the altar wear crowns with three teeth and globes. On the column there is an iscription in Pahlavi
(legend barbarized)
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