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Silver Drachm of Peroz I (r. 457/459–484 CE): Typology, Iconography, and Crisis Coinage, obverseOBV
Silver Drachm of Peroz I (r. 457/459–484 CE): Typology, Iconography, and Crisis Coinage, reverseREV
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Silver Drachm of Peroz I (r. 457/459–484 CE): Typology, Iconography, and Crisis Coinage

A comprehensive numismatic study of the silver drachm (drahm) coinage of Sasanian King Peroz I, examining the evolution of the royal crown across three distinct types, epigraphic shifts toward the heroic Kayanian title Kay, fire altar reverse iconography, and the monetary pressures of the fifth-century Hephthalite wars.