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| Estimate : | 150 € |
| Price : | 88 € |
| Maximum bid : | 92 € |
| End of the sale : | 23 January 2024 14:37:55 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Drachme
Date: an 11
Mint name / Town : Nahrawan (ND)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 31 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 3,77 g.
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, centré. Joli buste, finement détaillé. Très joli revers. Patine grise avec de légers reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LÉGENDE 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 ; légende extérieure (‘pd).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE EN PEHLVI.
Reverse description : Pyrée (autel du feu) ; les flammes s’élèvent au-dessus de la table, soutenue par un pilier central, des rubans pendent à l’extérieur ; de chaque côté de l’autel, un servant ; l’autel est accosté d’une étoile et d’un croissant ; le tout 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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