Tetradrachm - Wahram I
Features
| Issuer |
Sasanian Empire
(Sasanian Empire (224-651))  |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Wahram I (271-274)
|
| Type | Non-circulating coins |
| Years | 273-276 |
| Value | Tetradrachm (⅓) |
| Currency | Dinar (224 AD-651 AD) |
| Composition | Billon |
| Weight | 11.0 g |
| Diameter | 25 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | 9 o'clock ↑← |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 583217 |
| References | SNS PBW2# I/1ab, 29 Michael Alram, Rika Gyselen; 2012. Sylloge Nummorum Sasanidarum / Band 2. Ohrmazd I. – Ohrmazd II: Paris – Berlin – Wien. Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna, Austria. , Sunrise# - 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.Klinkhardt & Biermann (publisher); 1968. Sasanidische Numismatik. Klinkhardt & Biermann, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany. , Zeno cat# 282992Zeno category (https://zeno.ru/) |
Obverse
Bust to right, wearing radiate crown with korymbos decorated with symbol (Frawahar).
Script: Inscriptional Pahlavi
Reverse
Fire altar flanked by two attendants; symbol (taurus) to right of flames.
Script: Inscriptional Pahlavi
Mint
| NM | Seleucia on the Tigris, Iraq |
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (273-276) | |||||||||||||||
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