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Shapur I (240-270) Type: Circulating commemorative coin Years: 241-272: Value: AV Dinar (1) Currency: Drachm (224 AD-651 AD) Composition: Gold: Weight: 7.57 g: Diameter: 22 mm: Shape: Round (irregular) Technique: Hammered: Demonetized: Yes : Number
Sasanian Kingdom. Shapur I. Gold Dinar (7.43 g), AD 240-272. Mint I ('Ctesiphon'). Bust of Shapur I right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos. Reverse: Fire flanked by two attendants. SNS type IIc/1b; Göbl type I/1. A superb example, well struck, perfectly centered with complete legends and lustrous surfaces.
- Ardeshir I
- Shapur I
- Shapur II
- Peroz I
- Kavad I
- Khosrau I
- Khosrau II
- Boran
- Yazdgard III
- Collecting The Sasanians
Ardeshir, born about 180 CE, was a local warlord in Pars, the heartland of central Iran, when he rose in rebellion in 224 against his Parthian overlords. By 226 he occupied the Parthian capital Ctesiphon (just outside modern Baghdad) and was crowned “King of Kings of Iran.” Ardeshir established the pattern for Sasanian coinage for the next four cen...
Shapur I was born about the year 215. His mother was a Parthian princess. He defeated a series of Roman invasions, culminating in his capture of Emperor Valerian in 260 (the only Roman ruler ever taken as a prisoner of war by a foreign enemy). According to legend, Shapur used Valerian as a footstool for mounting his horse, and had him stuffed as a ...
After four decades of brief and troubled reigns, Shapur II “The Great” was “crowned” as ruler in 309 while still in his mother’s womb. He would rule for a remarkable 70 years, assuming power at the age of 16. He lead an expedition against the Arabs and fought protracted wars against Rome (337-350, and 358-363). On his coins, Shapur II’s crown close...
Peroz I began his reign with a civil war against his younger brother Hormizd III, who had seized the throne on the death of their father Yazdgerd II in 457. Peroz negotiated an agreement with the Byzantines to share the cost of defending the Caucasuspasses against invaders from the North. The empire during this time also survived ruinous famines ca...
Born about 473, Kavad was imprisoned during the reign of his uncle Balash, narrowly avoiding execution. He escaped, raised a revolt, and eventually seized the throne in 488, but only exercised effective rule after he executed his powerful prime minister Sukhrain 493. Kavad then came under the influence of Mazdak, a prophet and reformer who preached...
Born about 501, Khosrau (or Khosrow, or Husrev, or Chosroes) was crowned in 531 following the death of Kavad, his father. To secure his position, he ordered the execution of all his surviving brothers. In 532 he negotiated a “treaty of eternal peace” with the Byzantines, which lasted until 540. He reformed the system of land taxation, eliminating e...
Born about 570, Khosrau II was named after his grandfather. At the age of 20, he was raised to the throne by two of his uncles, who deposed and blinded his father. The army commander Bahram Chobinthereupon launched a civil war (590-591) and briefly held the throne (his coins are extremely rare) before Khosrau–with Byzantine aid–regained it. Khosrau...
The failure of the Persian siege of Constantinople (626) led to a brilliant series of campaigns by the Byzantine emperor Heraclius (reigned 610-641) that wrecked the Sasanian Empire. In 628, Kavad II deposed and murdered his father Khosrau II, along with most of his brothers. He then negotiated a peace treaty with Heraclius and died after a few mon...
In 632, Yazdgard III(or Yazdigerd, or Yazdegerd), a grandson of Khosrau II, had the misfortune to be crowned as the 38th and last Sasanian ruler–just in time for the beginning of the Arab Muslim conquest of Persia. He was a child, probably about eight years old. His coins are relatively common, many struck by the “court mint” moving with the army a...
Sasanian silver coinage is abundant, the gold extremely scarce. The 1967 Shiraz hoardcontained some 37 thousand drachms, mainly from the reign of Khusrau II. Hoards and stray finds have been reported from Scandinavia, across the Middle East and Central Asia, and even in China. Current literature on Sasanian numismatics is mostly in English. The sta...
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weight of a Sasanian gold coin denar was, according with Roman aureus, about 7 g (Göbl, 28). We suppose that this type of coin could have been minted in Merv. In our opinion, this gold coin is a special issue and reflects the policy of Shapur I in the East and his struggle against Kushanshahr.
A New Look at One Sassanid Shapur I Gold Coin (241-272 AD) , 2 , Seyyed Ali Alavinia Abarghuei. 1 Mohammad Jafar Ashkevari. 3 Amir Hosein Abolhassani Jabali. https://dx.doi.org/10.22084/NB.2023.25347.2435 . Received: 2021/12/25; Accepted: 2022/06/15 Research Type of Article: Pp: 179-202. Abstract.
Mar 14, 2015 · The coin depicts Shapur in full royal regalia, wearing an elaborate crown shaped like a circuit of city walls and surmounted by a korymbos — a great mass of hair gathered in a ball at the top of ...
