Obol - Shapur II Crescent, balls

Features

Issuer	Sasanian Empire (Sasanian Empire (224-651))
Emperor	Shapur II (309-379)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	320-379
Value	Obol (Dang) (1⁄72)
Currency	Dinar (224 AD-651 AD)
Composition	Silver
Weight	0.65 g
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 417530
References	SNS Iran# Ib1/3a Dāryūš Akbarzād, Nikolaus Schindel; 2017. Sylloge Nummorum Sasanidarum Iran: a Late Sasanian Hoard from Orumiyeh. Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna, Austria. , Göbl Sasan# Ia/6a Klinkhardt & Biermann (publisher); 1968. Sasanidische Numismatik. Klinkhardt & Biermann, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany. , Sunrise# 866 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 of Shapur II right, wearing mural crown with korymbos and inner ribbon, upward crescent with ball at each tip to right.

Reverse

Fire altar with ribbon and bust right in flames, flanked by two attendants, each wearing mural crown with korymbos.

Comments

The Sunrise Collection states "Obols with upward crescents are known, but the style and lack of legends on this piece is significantly different from the published examples."

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (320-379)

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