Dinar - Shapur II
Features
| Issuer |
Sasanian Empire
(Sasanian Empire (224-651))  |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Shapur II (309-379)
|
| Type | Non-circulating coins |
| Years | 309-320 |
| Value | Dinar (1) |
| Currency | Dinar (224 AD-651 AD) |
| Composition | Gold |
| Weight | 6.77 g |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | 9 o'clock ↑← |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 387531 |
| References | SNS Iran# Ia/1a1 Dāryūš Akbarzād, Nikolaus Schindel; 2017. Sylloge Nummorum Sasanidarum Iran: a Late Sasanian Hoard from Orumiyeh. Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna, Austria. , Göbl Sasan# Ib/2Klinkhardt & Biermann (publisher); 1968. Sasanidische Numismatik. Klinkhardt & Biermann, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany. , Sunrise# cf. 825 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. |
Commemorative issue
Ceremonial purposes
Obverse
Bust of Shapur II right, wearing mural crown with korymbos.
Reverse
Fire altar with ribbon; flanked by two attendants, each wearing mural crown, the left with korymbos; symbols flanking flames.
Edge
Plain
Mint
Ctesiphon, Babylonia, modern-day Madain, IraqComments
Paruck 194.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (309-320) | |||||||||||||||
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