Dinar - Shapur I Style S
Features
| Issuer |
Sasanian Empire
(Sasanian Empire (224-651))  |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Shapur I (240-270)
|
| Type | Non-circulating coins |
| Years | 240-270 |
| Value | Dinar (1) |
| Currency | Dinar (224 AD-651 AD) |
| Composition | Gold |
| Weight | 7.21 g |
| Diameter | 23 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | 3 o'clock ↑→ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 442902 |
| References | Göbl Sasan# I/1 Klinkhardt & Biermann (publisher); 1968. Sasanidische Numismatik. Klinkhardt & Biermann, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany. , SNS PBW1# IIc/1bMichael Alram, Prods Oktor Skjærvø; 2003. Sylloge Nummorum Sasanidarum / Band 1. Ardashir I. – Shapur I: Paris – Berlin – Wien. Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna, Austria. |
Commemorative issue
Ceremonial Purposes
Obverse
Diademed and draped bust of Shapur I to right, wearing mural crown with a great korymbos on top and long earflaps; long beard tied in the middle and thick tufts of curly hair at the back; two ribbons rising from behind head.
Script: Inscriptional Pahlavi
Translation: 'mzdysn bgy šhpwhry MRKAn MRKA ʾyrʾn MNW ctry MN yzdʾn' = 'mazdēsn bay Šābuhr šāhān šāh Ērān kē čihr az yaz(a)dān' ('The Mazda-worshipping Lord Shapur, King of Kings of the Iranians, whose essence is from the gods').
Reverse
Zoroastrian fire altar flanked by two attendants wearing mural crowns and holding scepters.
Translation:
To right and left,'ʾtwr ZY – šhpwhry' = 'ādur ī Šābuhr' ('Fire of Shapur');
In the upper field to the right of the flames, 'mlwy' = 'Marw'.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (240-270) | |||||||||||||||
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