Hemidrachm - Ardashir I type II - Parthian style
Features
| Issuer |
Sasanian Empire
(Sasanian Empire (224-651))  |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Ardashir I (224-242)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 226-228 |
| Value | Hemidrachm (1⁄24) |
| Currency | Dinar (224 AD-651 AD) |
| Composition | Silver (.900) |
| Weight | 2.00 g |
| Diameter | 17 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 87208 |
| References | Göbl Sasan# II/4a/2 Klinkhardt & Biermann (publisher); 1968. Sasanidische Numismatik. Klinkhardt & Biermann, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany. , SNS Iran# Iie(3c)/3a(2b), IIa(3a)/3a(2b)Dāryūš Akbarzād, Nikolaus Schindel; 2017. Sylloge Nummorum Sasanidarum Iran: a Late Sasanian Hoard from Orumiyeh. Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna, Austria. , Sunrise# 699 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 Ardashir I right, wearing diadem (type R) and Parthian-style tiara decorated with star.
Script: Inscriptional Pahlavi
Reverse
Fire altar (flames 1) with diadems (type G).
Script: Inscriptional Pahlavi
Mints
| B | Ecbatana, modern-day Hamedan, Iran |
| C | Ctesiphon, Babylonia, modern-day Madain, Iraq |
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (226-228) | Göbl# II | ||||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 97
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Bullion value: USD 3.92
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Actual silver weight: 0.058 oz
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