TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-EIGHT SASANIAN DRACHMS

PERSIA, CIRCA 5TH 7TH CENTURY

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TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-EIGHT SASANIAN DRACHMS
PERSIA, CIRCA 5th 7TH CENTURY
Including issues of Yazdegard II, Kavad I, Hormazd IV, Khusru I & II and Yazdegard III, generally fine or better

Provenance

Acquired between 1955-1998

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Lot Essay

The Sasanians were the successors to the Parthians in Persia, and continued using the Drachm, but these appear very different as they were struck on a thin wide flan. Each ruler had a distinctive crown which can be clearly seen of the coinage.

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