v16_0143 - ARAB-SASANIAN Drachme

MONNAIES 16 (2002)
Starting price : 60.00 €
Estimate : 120.00 €
Realised price : 144.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 151.00 €

Type : Drachme

Date: an 25 ?

Mint name / Town : Séleucie ?

Metal : silver

Diameter : 31,5 mm

Orientation dies : 3 h.

Weight : 4,01 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

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

Catalogue references :

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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

(7th century AD)

Coinage in the name of Yarsgard III

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, tracked down after the defeat of Nihavand (642), Yazdgard III ends his flight near Merv, where he is assassinated in 651.