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v08_0120 - SASANIAN - SASANIAN KINGDOM - KHOSROW II Drachme

SASANIAN - SASANIAN KINGDOM - KHOSROW II Drachme AU
AU
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 68.60 €
Estimate : 114.34 €
Realised price : 141.93 €
Type : Drachme
Date: An 17 (haftdeh)
Mint name / Town : Médie, Ravy (Rhagæ, Téhéran)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 4,16 g.
Coments on the condition:
Flan large et très beau portrait. Jolie patine de collection

Obverse

Obverse legend : INSCRIPTION EN PEHLVI.
Obverse description : Buste de Chosroès II couronné à droite, surmonté d'un casque ailé entouré d'un double grènetis avec trois étoiles surmontant des croissants.

Reverse

Reverse legend : INSCRIPTION EN PEHLVI.
Reverse description : Autel entre deux prêtres, du Soleil à gauche et de la Lune à droite, entouré d'un triple grènetis, au-dessus quatre croissants surmontés d'étoiles.

Historical background

SASANIAN - SASANIAN KINGDOM - KHOSROW II

(590-628)

Chosroes II (Khusro) is the grandson of Chosroes I (531-579) and the enemy of Justinian I (527-565). Successor of his father Hormizd IV (579-590), he was the last great Sassanid king. Allied with Maurice Tiberius (582-602) and learning of the latter's assassination, he invaded the Byzantine Empire but the Sassanid kingdom succumbed under the combined blows of the Byzantines who won a great victory in 628, the Avars and especially the Muslims. Omar (634-644), Commander of the Faithful, takes Ctesiphon in 636 and Jerusalem two years later. The last Sasanian king was overthrown in 651.

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