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SASA-BAHR2-AV-DIN-002

Kingdom:

Sasanian Kingdom

Ruler:

Bahram II

Date:

AD 276 - 293

Composition:

AV (Gold)
Weight:
7.4 g

Diameter:

22.6 mm

Orientation:

3 h

Mint:

Style I. ‘HWPY/HRPY’ (Herat?) mint. Phase I.

Reference:

SNS type I(1)/1(1a), style I (unrecorded there as a dinar); Göbl type I/1; Zeno 218938 = Gorny & Mosch 261, lot 430 (same dies); VAuctions - Pars Coins Sale 1, lot 209 (same dies).

Obverse:

  • Blundered mzdysn bgy wrhr’n MRK’ ’yr’n MN yzd’n in Pahlavi.
  • Bust right.
  • Wearing winged crown with korymbos.
  • : above ribbons.

Reverse:

  • Blundered nwr ’zy (in Pahlavi) on left.
  • Blundered wrhr ’n (in Pahlavi) on right.
  • Fire altar.
  • Flanked by two attendants.
  • The left wearing winged crown with korymbos.
  • The right wearing mural crown.
  • Fire altar.
  • Fravahr and taurus symbol flanking flames.

ID:

SASA-BAHR2-AV-DIN-002