Most arabsasanian coins are silver, known by their contemporaries as drahms mid. These invaders initially issued coins based on sasanian designs. Khosrau i was a great builder, embellishing his capital and founding new towns with the. Koshano shao in bactrian, or indosassanians is a historiographic term used by modern scholars to refer to a branch of the sassanid persians who established their rule in bactria and in northwestern indian subcontinent present day pakistan during the 3rd and 4th centuries at the expense of the declining kushans. Sasanian coinage was produced within the domains of the iranian sasanian empire 224651. Pahlavi script for uncertain mint and date firealtar with 2 attendants 3. A search for 1 franc is more precise than 1 franc you may use an asterisk as a wildcard. Arab sasanian coin khusru ii silver drachm with the. But, i have found some, listed here, and i have had some advice from susan tylersmith, who is a sasanian coin expert.
A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. See more ideas about sassanid, ancient persia and ancient persian. As on coin 2, the king is shown here bareheaded with an elongated head, wearing a necklace with two ribbons attached to it and forming two cylindrical shapes. Note not all sasanian coins will have a date or mint mark. I am not an expert on sasanian coins, nor have i thoroughly searched for catalogs with a special emphasis on sasanian coins. Ancient eastern coins coins for sale online coin dealers. A compendium of attributions from album, gobl, gyselen, kolesnikov, mitchiner, mochiri, paruck, schindel and sears. My deepest gratitude to tom mallonmccorgray and howard cole for their assistance in confirming or changing my attributions of the coins and understanding the. I got this as a fake which it definitly looks like, but wanted to make sure it was a contemporary.
Coin dealers who do not specialize in ancients rarely have the expertise to authenticate ancient coins. Sasanian persia, the rise and fall of an empire almuslih. Sep 29, 2011 randygeki coin collector found this lol hephthalite, c. The islamic coins from 1100 ah 622719 ce after the muslims defeated the armies of byzantine and sassanian empires, there came the need to administer the conquered territories. The period was one of great history and influence which began after the defeat of the parthian kingdom by ardashir i in 206 ad, and flourished until 651 ad when the last. This page will contain sasanian coins and is a work in progress as i build it with attribution tips and techniques. The standard arab sasanian coin was a silver dirham. These coins were derived from the sasanian coinage design, probably transmitted to the subcontinent by the alchon huns as they invaded northern india circa 500 ce.
This coin shows that the sasanian coin type was retained with little change, and said was apparently quite happy to depict a human face. These coins used sasanian designs, but added the word alchon or alkhan and a distinctive alchon style tamgha to the obverse of the coins, the socalled bull tamgha that supposedly represents the horns of a bull. Ciao everybody, maybe somebody can help me with a wonderful sasanian coin that i am not able to identify. Kavat afzutu of kvad the prosperous crowned bust r. Uncertain mint probably herat in western afghanistan bust of varhran iv right, wearing winged merlon crown with korymbos fire altar with ribbons, flanked by two attendants. Introduction coins play an important role in our cultural heritage and. Sasanians, ar drachm, varhran bahram iv bactrianumis. Sasanian coins in the international economy of asia.
Dr vesta sarkhosh curtis, firuz madon curator of parthian and sasanian. If you buy an ancient coin from such a dealer, you might ask for a moneyback guarantee written on the receipt. Gobl sn robert gobl, sasanian numismatics, klinkhardt and biermann, braunschweig 1971 kolesnikov a. All authors agree that the earliest alchon coins were based on sasanian prototypes g. Sasanian coins for sale buy sasanian coins from the most.
An introduction to sasanian coins by david sellwood. Williams and mitchiner ancient and classical world. The date on this coin is from year pncsyh, or 35, of khusro iis reign. Here is some good advice that will help you avoid fakes. Pdf the vocabulary and syntax of iconography in sasanian. Mazdooano, the gracious one, kushan god on a gold dinara of. Sasanian government had produced gold, silver and bronze coins in armenia. Many identifications are preliminary andor questionable. Sasanian style fire altar with two attendants standing facing, crescents on their heads, both hands on sword hilt, inside triple dotted border, crescent with stars at 3, 6, 9, and 12 oclock. The main obverse types of the silver coinage are described and the coinage in other metals is outlined. I think it is a drachm of the sasasian empire, an issue of the emperor shapur i because of the fourmerlon crown with ear flaps, but i cannot read the legends. If you intend to buy ancient coins you should join it. Indo sasanian coinage was major type of coinage of the postgupta empire period, in the areas of gujarat and rajasthan in western india and in the gangetic region, from the 6th century to the 12th century ce.
Institute of persian studies and the joint editor of the journal iran. Three pellets at the diagonals mitchiner 282284 a little history about tabaristan. The 5th century byzantine historian priscus called them kidarites huns, or huns who are kidarites. The studies of walker 1941, gaube 1973, and album and goodwin 2002 focus on the arabsasanian coin series, but are important for sasanian numismatics, too. After the muslims defeated the armies of byzantine and sassanian empires, there came the need to administer the conquered territories. Pdf the purpose of this paper is to establish that sasanian functionaries had to develop a. It was a version of the silver sasanian drachm and also had a full weight of about four grams. The creator gave the faculty of action to the created i. The studies of walker 1941, gaube 1973, and album and goodwin 2002 focus on the arab sasanian coin series, but are important for sasanian numismatics, too. Sasanian coins are a pivotal primary source for the study of the sasanian period, and of major importance in. Cuba peso 1932 and 1953 1853 half cent ngc vf35 c1 for sale. This book fills a gap, as other references available today are either far too detalied and expensive, or outdated.
The collection consists of sixtynine silver coins from the sasanian period, stretching from the beginning of the reign of ardasir i 224240ce to xusraw ii 590628. Sasanian numismatics by robert gobl is a major reference on the series and covers verities, rims, legends, dates, gold coinage, copper and silver coinage as well as mints and countermarks. A study of sasanian silver coins employing the xrf technique. Sassanian drachms which make up 99% of sassanian coins one comes across are often struck on thin flans, where. Arabsasanian is a term applied to several different coinages of early islamic iran which were issued under arab authority using the design and inscriptions of the preceding sasanian coinage. The indosassanians for centuries copied the design of for sassanion drachm design of persia which invented the design and used it from about 300650ad. The kidarites were a dynasty that ruled bactria and adjoining parts of central asia and south asia in the 4th and 5th centuries ce.
Discussion in ancient coins started by randygeki, sep 29, 2011. The present monograph provides a survey of the sasanian coin collection in the civico gabinetto numismatico of milan. This military threat had much to do with the collapse of the western roman empire. There is 16 full page photo plates of coins, 15 tables and 100 pages of text in this soft covered book that was updated and published in 1990. I think ive seen a similar one posted here as a fake but cant find it, or any similar fake reports. Throughout this subcategory, we have available many ancient coins other than judea and other eastern countries and tribes which include. Persia, parthia, persis, baktria, the huns and the sassanians. Sasanian coinage followed the rightfacing rule until the very end of.
Together with the roman empire, the sasanian empire was the most important moneyissuing polity in late antiquity. Some of the kidarites apparently became a ruling dynasty of the kushan empire, leading to the epithet little kushans. Kushan coin donations to the ans commenced with the i. Indosassanian gadhaya paisa saurastrat coins are fun and interesting, surprisingly inexpensive and a fine addition to any coin collection. Middle persian graffiti on sasanian and arabsasanian coins at the american. Sasanian silver coins is a reference book for collectors of sasanian coins. All coins from the sasanian empire, presented with pictures, descriptions and more useful information. Kushanosasanian kingdom also called kushanshas kan.
Arab sasanian is a term applied to several different coinages of early islamic iran which were issued under arab authority using the design and inscriptions of the preceding sasanian coinage. Pdf the vocabulary and syntax of iconography in sasanian iran. Home forums coin forums ancient coins fake sasanian drachm. To search an expression, simply put quotation marks around it. The aim of this undertaking was to create and make available for research purposes a photographic archive of sasanian coins in major collections. Get happy creator coin price, charts, and other cryptocurrency info. Aug 15, 2015 how to avoid buying fake ancient coins. A study of sasanian silver coins employing the xrf technique bita sodaeia, parasto masjedi khakb, mostafa khazaieb adepartment of archaeology, islamic azad university, varamin, iran bdepartment of archaeology, tarbiat modares university, teheran, iran 1. Karlsson yngve sasanian silver coins sasanian numismatic. Pdf middle persian graffiti on sasanian and arabsasanian coins. To view this page ensure that adobe flash player version 11. Sasanian coinage had a significant influence on coinage of other polities. The early muslim from arabia did not have a sophisticated system like that of the two defeated empires.
Together with the coinage of the kushanosasanians, these coins are often described as indo sasanian. The vocabulary and syntax of iconography in sasanian iran article pdf available in iranica antiqua 44. Mazdooano, the gracious one, kushan god on a gold dinara. For more information on coins from the sasanian culture, please visit thomas mallonmccorgrays site. Articles and notes on individual signatures can be found in the bibliographies of the studies cited above and are not included in the short list of references given at the end of this. The kidarites belonged to a complex of peoples known collectively in india as the huna andor in europe as the xionites from the iranian names xwnxyon. Kolesnikov, deneshnoe chozaystvo v irane v vii veke, moscow 1998 mitchiner acw michael mitchiner, oriental coins, the ancient and classical world, hawkins publications, london 1978. You will have to join to see it but you can easily check a box to not to get any communications if you dont want them. Also, the locations of the mints themselves are not agreed upon by all experts, so there will be variation again, depending on the attributing reference. Sasanian sasanian dates sasanian names sasanian timeline. The sasanian coinage of sindh refers to a series of sasanian style issues, minted from 325 to 480 ce minted in sindh, in the southern part of modern pakistan, with the coin type of successive sasanian empire rulers, from shapur ii to peroz i.
The tradition of placing persian inscriptions on islamic coins goes back to the middle of the 7th. Pahlavi during the sasanian period, and thence into arabic in the islamic era. In 1994 the department of coins and medals at the british museum embarked on a project of recording sasanian coins in major museums. Indosassanian gadhaya paisa saurastrat silver coin. Here is a coin of an abbasid governor, said bin dalaj, struck by the tabaristan mint. But, remember, ancient coins are common and not necessarily expensive. You can ask about particular items and receive frequent updates about fakes and fake sellers. Arab sasanian coin khusru ii silver drachm with the insignia of almuhallab ibn abi sufra drachm minted in bishapur in ad 696 3. Ryszard kulesza warsaw university editorinchief marek jan olbrycht.
Look up the best coin selection from our ancient east coins dealers. Ancient coins from judaea and eastward, including persia, parthia, persis, baktria, the huns and the sassanians. Sassanian coins and artifacts for sale the sassanid dynasty is usually referred to as the sassanian empire also spelled sasanian empire in ancient sources. The sasanians revived the zoroastrian religion, tried to erase the memory of the parthian regime, and sought to reconquer asia minor and egypt.
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