Drachm - Bahram I Style G

Features

Issuer	Sasanian Empire (Sasanian Empire (224-651))
Emperor	Wahram I (271-274)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	273-276
Value	Drachm (1⁄12)
Currency	Dinar (224 AD-651 AD)
Composition	Silver
Weight	4.25 g
Diameter	27 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	3 o'clock ↑→
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 467293
References	SNS PBW2# I(1)/1aαa(1a) Michael Alram, Rika Gyselen; 2012. Sylloge Nummorum Sasanidarum / Band 2. Ohrmazd I. – Ohrmazd II: Paris – Berlin – Wien. Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna, Austria. , Sunrise# – Bradley R. Nelson (ed.); 2011. Numismatic Art of Persia / Part I: Ancient - 650 BC to AD 650: The Sunrise Collection. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.

Obverse

Bust right, wearing diadem and radiate crown with korymbos; triple pellets below didem ties.

Script: Inscriptional Pahlavi

Reverse

Fire altar; flanked by two attendants, the left wearing crown with korymbos, the right with mural crown; pellets flanking base of altar; m in Pahlavi to left of altar.

Script: Inscriptional Pahlavi

Mint

m	Marw, modern-day Mary, Turkmenistan

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (273-276)

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