Drachma

33-62-60

From: Iran

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 33-62-60
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Sassanian
Provenience Iran
Manufacture Location Ctesiphon
Creator Chusro II
Period Sassanian Period
Date Made 590-628 CE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Silver
Iconography Head | Chusro II | Year
Description

Silver drachm. Obverse: Head of king facing right within one or more rings. 0 II/r.3 Reverse: Year 35-624/5 Mint BBA(?) "the palace"- normaly Ctesiphone- but moved around). Pin hole.

Credit Line Persian Expedition, Erich Schmidt, 1933

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