Drachm - Khusru II (Second Reign - type II/3) Coin

Drachm - Khusru II (Second Reign - type II/3)

Country: Sasanian Empire (Persia)
Denomination: AR Drachm (1/12)
Year: (590-628)
Material: Silver (.900)
Weight: 3.79 g
Shape: Round
Diameter: 32 mm
Type: Common coin
Catalog list: sasanian empirepersia

Description:

Obverse

Portrait of Khosru II "the victorious king", like Khursu I, but within a crescent, on which there is a six-pointed star fixed on the vertical bar; two wings are fixed to the bar going out from the rim, like a crescent with a star. The field of the coinis bordered by two pointed rims, and there is a crescent with a star behind them symmetrically on two sides and below.

Pahlavi legend

Reverse

Zoroastrian fire altar, an "atasdan" with a capitellum and plates, near whichtwo attendants wearingheaddresses stand facing ahead, are in the hunts, with a crescent with its ends pointing upwards. The narrow part of the "atasdan" is covered by ribbons. To the left of the fire there is a star, and to the right a crescent. There is a triple rim around the picture with four crescents and stars.

Pahlavi legend: to the left - the year of his reign; to the right - the mint.

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