Coins from the Sasanian Empire

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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Dinar (224 AD-651 AD)

AV Dinar (1) - AR / AE Tetradrachm (⅓) - AR Drachm (¹⁄₁₂) - AR Hemidrachm (¹⁄₂₄) - AE pashiz / AE unit / AE 16 Chalkoi (¹⁄₃₆) - AR Obol (¹⁄₇₂) = AE pashiz / AE unit / AE 8 Chalkoi (¹⁄₇₂) - AE pashiz / AE unit / AE Chalkous (¹⁄₅₇₆)

Obol - Narseh (type A/3)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.65 g • ⌀ 15 mm
N# 377769
Hemidrachm - Bahram II

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.15 g • ⌀ 22 mm
SNS Iran# III(1)/1(1a), N# 379303
Drachm - Ardashir I (type IIIa/3b)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4.32 g • ⌀ 25 mm
Göbl SN# III/2, SNS Iran# IIIa/3b, N# 379111
Drachm - Shapur I (type IIc/Ic)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4.39 g • ⌀ 25 mm
SNS PBW1# I, Göbl SN# I/1, N# 379484
Drachm - Shapur I

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 9.29 g
SNS PBW1# Iic/1b, Göbl SN# I/1, N# 379478
Drachm - Ohrmazd I

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.48 g • ⌀ 24 mm
SNS Schaaf# 88, SNS Iran# Ia(1)/1(1), N# 394445
Drachm - Bahram II

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4.35 g
SNS Iran# I/1, Göbl SN# I/1, N# 387557
Drachm - Bahram II

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4.30 g
SNS Iran# III/1, Göbl SN# IV/1, N# 387559
1 Drachm - Narseh (type A)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.52 g • ⌀ 25 mm
SNS Iran# II, N# 377767
Drachm - Shapur II

Gold • 3.52 g
SNS Iran# Ic1/1a2 (pl. 6, 80), Göbl SN# 1b/4, N# 387551
Drachm - Ardashir II

Standard circulation coin
Silver
Göbl# I/1, Mitch AC# 908, Sellwood# 34.4, N# 379110
Drachm - Bahram IV

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 4.15 g
SNS Iran# Ia1/2a (pl. 39, 42), N# 387550
Drachm - Balash

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4.00 g • ⌀ 28 mm
SNS Iran# III/1, Göbl SN# I/1, N# 377904
Drachm - Shapur II

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 4.18 g
SNS Iran# Ib1/3a (pl. 9, 118), N# 387555
Drachm - Shapur I

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4.01 g
SNS Iran# IIa2/1(b), N# 394438
Drachm - Bahram II

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4.29 g • ⌀ 27 mm
SNS Iran# III(1)/1(1a), N# 394440
⅙ Dinar - Bahram II

Non-circulating coin: Ceremonial purposes
Gold • 1.44 g
SNS Iran# VI/1, Göbl SN# VII/2a, N# 387710
Dinar - Shapur I

Non-circulating coin: Ceremonial Purposes
Gold • 7.19 g • ⌀ 23 mm
Göbl# I/1, SNS Iran# IIc/1a, N# 394436
Dinar - Shapur I

Non-circulating coin
Gold • 7.38 g • ⌀ 23 mm
Göbl SN# I/1, N# 394449
Dinar - Shapur I

Non-circulating coin: Ceremonial Purposes
Gold • 7.24 g
SNS Iran# Iic/1a, style L, N# 387526
Dinar - Bahram II

Non-circulating coin: Ceremonial Purposes
Gold • 7.257 g • ⌀ 20 mm
N# 387522
Dinar - Bahram II

Non-circulating coin: Ceremonial purposes
Gold • 7.14 g
N# 388732
Dinar - Hormazd II

Non-circulating coin: Ceremonial Purposes
Gold • 6.84 g
Göbl SN# I/1b, N# 387527
Dinar - Shapur II

Non-circulating coin: Ceremonial purposes
Gold • 6.77 g
SNS Iran# Ia/1a1, Göbl SN# Ib/2, N# 387531
Dinar - Shapur II

Non-circulating coin: Ceremonial purposes
Gold • 7.21 g
SNS Iran# Ia/1a2, Göbl SN# Ib/1, N# 387523
Dinar - Shapur II

Non-circulating coin: Ceremonial purposes
Gold • 7.10 g
SNS Iran# Ib1/2a, N# 387530
Dinar - Shapur II

Non-circulating coin: Ceremonial purposes
Gold • 6.98 g
SNS Iran# Iic/1a, Göbl SN# I/1, N# 387536
Dinar - Shapur II

Non-circulating coin: Ceremonial purposes
Gold • 7.30 g
SNS Iran# III, N# 387534
Dinar - Ardashir II

Non-circulating coin: Ceremonial purposes
Gold • 7.28 g • ⌀ 21.5 mm
SNS Iran# type Ib/2, N# 394433
Dinar - Shapur III

Non-circulating coin: Ceremonial purposes
Gold • 7.13 g • ⌀ 19.5 mm
Göbl SN# type I/4, SNS Iran# type Ib1/2, N# 394434
Dinar - Shapur III

Non-circulating coin: Ceremonial purposes
Gold • 4.20 g
SNS Iran# II/1b, Göbl SN# II/6a, N# 387538
Dinar - Shapur III

Non-circulating coin: Ceremonial purposes
Gold • 7.31 g
SNS Iran# III pl. 145, C9, N# 387540
Dinar - Yazdgerd II

Non-circulating coin: Ceremonial purposes
Gold • 7.00 g
SNS Iran# Ib1/2a, Göbl SN# I/1, N# 387549
Dinar - Peroz

Non-circulating coin: Ceremonial purposes
Gold • 7.26 g
SNS Iran# pl. 145, C17, N# 387547
Dinar - Khusro I

Non-circulating coin: Ceremonial purposes
Gold • 5.04 g
N# 387546
Dinar - Ardashir III

Non-circulating coin: King's Coronation – Publicity purposes
Gold • 4.19 g • ⌀ 24 mm
Göbl SN# VI/7, N# 379127
Dinar - Boran

Non-circulating coin: Ceremonial purpose
Gold • 4.27 g
N# 378208
Pashiz / Unit / Chalkous - Ardashir I (type I/2 - Parthian style)
(224-240)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 3.28 g
SNS Schaaf# 3-4-5, N# 122482
Drachm - Ardashir I
(224-240)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4.29 g
BMC Greek# 1, Alram# 523, N# 389892
Pashiz / Unit / Chalkous - Ardashir I (type II - Parthian style Kulah)
(224-241)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 3.07 g
Göbl SN# II, SNS Schaaf# 16-19-20, Val Sn# 7, N# 87966
Pashiz / Unit / Chalkous - Ardashir I (type III1/2)
(224-241)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 2.91 g
Göbl SN# III/1/2, SNS Schaaf# 37, N# 87443
Pashiz / Unit / Chalkous - Ardashir I (type III1a/2 - Left-facing type)
(224-241)

Pattern: Special issues
Copper • 1.99 g
Göbl SN# III/1a/2, SNS Schaaf# 40, N# 124336
Obol - Ardashir I (type I/1 - Parthian style)
(224-241)

Standard circulation coin
Silver (.900) • 0.56 g • ⌀ 12 mm
Göbl SN# I/1, N# 87207
Obol - Ardashir I (type IV)
(224-241)

Standard circulation coin
Silver (.900) • 0.7 g
Göbl SN# IV, SNS Schaaf# 28, N# 87233
Pashiz / Unit / 8 Chalkoi - Ardashir I (type VII)
(224-241)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 10.90 g
Göbl SN# VII, SNS Schaaf# 45-46-47-48, N# 87231
Obol - Ardashir I (type III2/2)
(224-241)

Standard circulation coin
Silver (.900) • 0.71 g • ⌀ 14 mm
Göbl SN# III/2/2, SNS Schaaf# 23-24, N# 87230
Pashiz / Unit / 16 Chalkoi - Ardashir I (type II - Parthian style Kulah)
(224-241)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 16.5 g • ⌀ 30 mm
Göbl SN# II, SNS Schaaf# 9-10-11, N# 87964
Pashiz / Unit / 16 Chalkoi - Ardashir I (type IV)
(224-241)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 14.50 g
Göbl SN# IV, SNS Schaaf# 29-30, N# 87232
Hemidrachm - Ardashir I (type I/1 - Parthian style)
(224-241)

Standard circulation coin
Silver (.900) • 1.84 g • ⌀ 17 mm
Göbl SN# I/1, Val Sn# 2, N# 90134
Hemidrachm - Ardashir I (type II - Parthian style)
(224-241)

Standard circulation coin
Silver (.900) • 2 g • ⌀ 17 mm
Göbl SN# II, N# 87208

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