Obol - Varhran II type X/3

Features

Issuer Sasanian Empire (Sasanian Empire (224-651))
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 276-293
Value Obol (1⁄72)
Currency Dinar (224 AD-651 AD)
Composition Silver (.900)
Weight 0.69 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
87764
References Göbl SN# X/3,
Robert Göbl; 1968. Sasanidische Numismatik. Klinkhardt und Biermann, Brunswick, Germany.
SNS Schaaf# 132-146
Nikolaus Schindel; 2014. Sylloge Nummorum Sasanidarum : The Schaaf Collection - 2014. Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna, Austria.

Obverse

Family portrait of Varhran II. The king wears a crown with wings and a globe. The Queen wears a kulah with the animal head (boar-crown?); the heir wears a kulah crowend by the head of a bird (eagle-crown?).

Reverse

Along the sides of the atasdan are two figures facing the altar. The attendant on the right is a figure of Anahita in a kulah crowend by the head of a bird or winged crown, with the "wreath of power" in his hand. The figure on the left wears the crown of Varhran II and raises his hand (laurel wreath).
Bull-symbol over the flames.

Edge

Smooth

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (276-293)  Göbl# X/3
ND (276-293)  SNS#132 (Type VIIa/5a - 0.67 g.) Style A
ND (276-293)  SNS#146 (Type VIIa(?)/5b - 0.63 g.) Style D/c

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