v24_0827 - ARAB-SASANIAN Drachme

MONNAIES 24 (2005)
Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 500.00 €
Realised price : 250.00 €

Type : Drachme

Date: AH 67-70

Date: 686-689

Metal : silver

Diameter : 33 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 4,03 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Flan très large et très beau portrait. Patine de collection. Revers légèrement stylisé

Catalogue references :

Göbl- - Mit.33 - Album21

Obverse

Obverse legend : INSCRIPTION EN PEHLVI.

Obverse description : Buste de Chosroès II (Kushro) 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

ARAB-SASANIAN

(686-689/ A.H. 67-70)

'Umar bin 'Ubayd Allah

After the death of Chosroes II, the Sassanid princes brought to power by the feudal lords were assassinated a few months after their coronation. In 632, one of the last survivors of the royal family had to be brought out of hiding to be crowned under the name of Yazdgard III. But four years later, the standard of Kavadh, silk brocade covered with sumptuous jewels and symbol of the power of the Sassanids, fell into the hands of the Arabs. Finally, hunted down after the defeat of Nihavand (642), Yazdgard III ended his flight near Merv, where he was assassinated in 651. 'Umar b. 'Ubayd Allah was governor of Zubayrid.