Coins from the Indo-Sasanian Kingdom

The name "Persia" (in ancient persian: Pārsa) has been for a long time used to refer to the nation of modern Iran, their own people and own ancient empires. It is defined as "Great Persia" the territory that had a significant cultural influence and historical importanc; this includes not only Iran, but also the current republics of Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, the regions of the Caucasus, western Asia, central Asia and parts of southern Asia, until India and China. It has been ruled from the 6th century BC to the 7th century AD by various imperial dynasties, such as the Achaemenids, the Macedonians, the Seleucids, the Parthians, and the Sasanians, up to the Islamic rising and the Arab Caliphates. Around 550 BC King Cyrus II of Persia, known as Cyrus the Great, founded the Achaemenid dynasty. Between 522 and 486 BC King Darius I brought the Empire to its greatest extension establishing a precise administrative and financial structure, dividing it into satrapies (Persian provinces). The decline of the Empire occurred in 330 BC with the defeat of Darius III by Alexander the Great. The empire of Alexander shattered after his death and one of his general, Seleucus I, seized part of it. Thus the Seleucid dynasty began. This dynasty gradually lost the control of Persia and around 247 BC the Arsacid dynasty conquered Partia and founded the Parthian Empire. In 224 AD, following the fall of the Parthian Empire, Ardashir I established the Sasanian empire. It was the last pre-Islamic Persian empire. In fact, it was conquered by Rashidun Caliphate (one of the firsts Islamic states). Several cities continued to resist against the Islamic authority, but around 651 AD most of its territory was annexed to the Islamic caliphate, thus completing the fall of this empire.
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Drachm (230 AD-360 AD)

AV Dinar (1) - AR Drachm (¹⁄₁₂) - AE pashiz / AE unit / AE Chalkous (¹⁄₅₇₆)

Pashiz / Unit / Chalkous - "kushansha" Shapur I (under Ardashir I)
(230-240)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 2.63 g
Herfeld# 2, N# 80668
Pashiz / Unit / Chalkous - "kushansha" Shapur I (under Ardashir I)
(230-240)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 3.45 g • ⌀ 17.2 mm
Herfeld# 3, Göbl# 1028, N# 79801
Pashiz / Unit / Chalkous - "kushansha" Peroz I "son of Ardashir" (under Shapur I)
(242-252)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 4.46 g • ⌀ 17 mm
Herfeld# 6, Göbl# 1117, N# 73165
Pashiz / Unit / Chalkous - "kushansha" Baga Vorohrane (under Shapur I)
(252-256)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.46 g • ⌀ 14 mm
Herfeld# 8, N# 131462
Dinar - "kushansha" Baga Vorohrane (under Shapur I)
(252-256)

Circulating commemorative coin: Imperial series
Gold • 8.06 g • ⌀ 32 mm
Herfeld# 7, N# 73112
Pashiz / Unit / Chalkous - "kushansha" Hormizd I (under Shapur I)
(256-264)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 2.20 g • ⌀ 15 mm
Herfeld# 12, N# 82325
Pashiz / Unit / Chalkous - "kushansha" Hormizd I (under Shapur I)
(256-264)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 1.95 g • ⌀ 15 mm
Herfeld# 13, Göbl# 1034, N# 82324
Pashiz / Unit / Chalkous - "kushansha" Hormizd I (under Shapur I - Head left)
(256-264)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 2.2 g • ⌀ 15 mm
Herfeld# 14, Mitch WI# 1280/1283, N# 65903
Pashiz / Unit / Chalkous - "kushansha" Hormizd I (under Shapur I - Head right)
(256-264)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 2.2 g • ⌀ 15 mm
Herfeld# 14, Göbl# 1052, Mitch WI# 1281, N# 65904
Drachm - "kushansha" Hormizd I (under Shapur I)
(256-264)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.90 g
Herfeld# 11, Göbl# 1031, N# 80667
Dinar - "kushansha" Hormizd I (under Shapur I)
(256-264)

Circulating commemorative coin: Imperial series
Gold • 7.79 g
Herfeld# 9, N# 73111
Pashiz / Unit / Chalkous - "kushansha" Hormizd I (under Shapur I)
(264-272)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 3.72 g • ⌀ 18 mm
Herfeld# 16, N# 82323
Pashiz / Unit / Chalkous - "kushansha" Hormizd I (under Shapur I)
(264-272)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 2.14 g • ⌀ 12 mm
Herfeld# 17, Mitch AC# 1293, N# 79027
Dinar - "kushansha" Hormizd I (under Shapur I)
(264-272)

Circulating commemorative coin: Imperial series
Gold • 7.83 g
Herfeld# 15, Mitch WI# 1287, N# 73166
Pashiz / Unit / Chalkous - "kushansha" Nameless Governor
271 (271-302)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 3.57 g • ⌀ 14 mm
Herfeld# 27-29, N# 184529
Dinar - "kushansha" Varhran I (under Hormizd I)
(272-273)

Circulating commemorative coin: Imperial series
Gold • 8.22 g
Herfeld# 18, Göbl# 715, N# 87356
Dinar - "kushansha" Varhran II (under Varhran I)
(273-275)

Circulating commemorative coin: Imperial series
Gold • 8.06 g • ⌀ 32 mm
Herfeld# 21, N# 72994
Dinar - "kushansha" Varhran II or III (under Varhran I - Crown of boya)
(275-276)

Circulating commemorative coin: Imperial series
Gold • 7.19 g
Herfeld# 22, Göbl# 735/9, N# 73167
Drachm - temp. "kushansha" Varhran I / Varhran II or III (Foreign imitation - Hephthalite Crown)
(275-365)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.91 g • ⌀ 28.5 mm
Herfeld# 23, Göbl# 8, N# 154812
Pashiz / Unit / Chalkous - "kushansha" Peroz II (under Hormizd II)
(302-309)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 2.04 g • ⌀ 14 mm
Herfeld# 31, Göbl# 1081/1082/1083/1084, N# 73105

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