Coin

65-38-1

From: Persia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 65-38-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Sassanian
Provenience Persia
Manufacture Location Ardashir Khurra (uncertain)
Creator Khosrau II
Period Khosrau II
Date Made 605 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Silver
Iconography Head | Winged Crown | Staff | Altar?
Description

Silver; obv: head to r. within double line circle, winged crown overlaps at top; various elements (letters?) outside circle; rev: figures with staff flanking altar?; three lines circle and are broken; four characters at cardinal points.

Mint: Ardashir Khurra?

Regnal year: 15

Credit Line Gift of Robert W. Trexler, 1965

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