v38_0344 - SASANIAN - SASANIAN KINGDOM - KAVADH I Drachme
MONNAIES 38 (2009)
Starting price : 125.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
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Starting price : 125.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Drachme
Date: an 37 (haftsi)
Mint name / Town : Artashir Kwarrah (GOR ?)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 3,33 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan avec une usure régulière, bien lisible et identifiable. Patine de collection ancienne
Obverse
Obverse legend : LÉGENDE EN PEHLVI.
Obverse description : Buste de Kavad Ier à droite, coiffé de sa couronne entre deux étoiles ; bordure circulaire accostée de trois croissants de lune surmontés d’une étoile .
Obverse translation : (Prospérité de Kavad).
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.
Commentary
Poids léger. Gor se trouve au sud de Bishapur près du golfe Persique.
Lightweight. Gor is located south of Bishapur near the Persian Gulf
Lightweight. Gor is located south of Bishapur near the Persian Gulf
Historical background
SASANIAN - SASANIAN KINGDOM - KAVADH I
(488-496 and 498-531)
Kavad I is the son of Firuz (Peroz I). He spent two years as a prisoner with the Hephthalite Huns because his father could not pay the ransom after his capture. Peroz was eventually killed by them. Peroz's brother, Valkash succeeded him for four years before being dethroned by his nephew and blinded in 488. Kavad first favored the Mazdak movement which wanted to reform Iranian society. Kavad was driven out in 496 and remained imprisoned for two years in the "Castle of Oblivion" before escaping. With the help of the Huns, he regained power from his brother Zamap (496-498) who had taken his place. During his second reign, he ended up in 529 by eliminating the Mazdekites who were massacred. Khusro (Chosroes I) his son, succeeds him.
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