Dinar - Peroz lightweight
Features
| Issuer |
Sasanian Empire
(Sasanian Empire (224-651))  |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Peroz I (457-484)
|
| Type | Circulating commemorative coins |
| Years | 477-484 |
| Value | Dinar (1) |
| Currency | Dinar (224 AD-651 AD) |
| Composition | Gold |
| Weight | 4.14 g |
| Diameter | 19 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 417551 |
| References | SNS Iran# IIib/1c (pl. 85, A22-3) Dāryūš Akbarzād, Nikolaus Schindel; 2017. Sylloge Nummorum Sasanidarum Iran: a Late Sasanian Hoard from Orumiyeh. Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna, Austria. , Göbl Sasan# III/1Klinkhardt & Biermann (publisher); 1968. Sasanidische Numismatik. Klinkhardt & Biermann, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany. , Sunrise# 939 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 Peroz right, wearing crown with two wings, frontal crescent, and korymbos set on crescent, ribbon over each shoulder.
Script: Inscriptional Pahlavi
Reverse
Fire altar with ribbons, flanked by two attendants, star and crescent flanking flames.
Script: Inscriptional Pahlavi
Comments
BBA (Court mint).
Sunrise 939 var.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (477-484) | 
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$ 2100 | |||||||||||||
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Past sales
| Pictures | Sale | Date | Grade | Sold price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Gorny & Mosch Auction 289 Lot 608 
|
10 Oct 2022 |
XF (Minting weaknesses) |
USD 1788.40
(EUR 1550.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
|
| © Gorny & Mosch GmbH Giessener Münzhandlung | |||||
  |
The New York Sale Auction 37 Lot 600
|
5 Jan 2016 | XF | Unsold | |
| © The New York Sale | |||||
 |
CNG Auction 99 Lot 431
|
13 May 2015 | XF |
USD 2500.00
(+ buyer's premium) |
|
| © Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. | |||||
 |
The New York Sale Auction 65 Lot 1160
|
15 Jan 2026 | VF | Unsold | |
| © The New York Sale | |||||
 |
CNG Auction 103 Lot 536
|
14 Sep 2016 | VF |
USD 1700.00
(+ buyer's premium) |
|
| © Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. | |||||
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