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Dinar - Varhran II (type VII/2)
Country: Sasanian Empire
(Persia)
Denomination: AV Dinar
(1)
Year: (276-293)
Material: Gold
Weight: 7.34 g
Shape: Round
Diameter: 21 mm
Type: Circulating commemorative coin
Catalog list: sasanian empirepersia
Description:
Obverse
Family portrait of Varhran II. The king wears a crown with wings and a globe. The queen's headdress is crowned by the head of a dog or boar-crown. In front of the king and queen is the heir to the throne, crowned by the forepart of the head of a bird of prey (eagle-crown).
Reverse
An atasdan with two attendants standing with their backs to the altar. The attendant on left wearing a winged crown (crown of Varhran II), the other on right a mural crown surmounted by globe.
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