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Drachm - Khusru II (Second Reign - type II/2)
Country: Sasanian Empire
(Persia)
Denomination: AR Drachm
(1/12)
Year: (591-628)
Material: Silver (.900)
Weight: 4 g
Shape: Round (irregular)
Diameter: 30 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 which two attendants wearing high headdresses stand facing ahead. 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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