Abstract:
The coinage of the Sasanian Empire (224-651 CE) is not only the most important primary source for its monetary and economic history, but also of greatest relevance for its history and art history.Coin hoards are of pivotal importance for studying Sasanian coinage. On August 29,2007,two jars were unearthed during the construction work for the new border sentry post of “Havār-Barxāh-loh” in the Piran-Shahr region (close to the frontier village of Tamar-
Chin, about 35 kilometres away from Piran-Shahr).The work was carried out by military personnel belonging to the frontier guard’s regiment. The jars contained altogether 1267 Sasanian silver coins, mostly from the Khusro II (590–628) period. Also numerous drachms of Khusro I (531–578) and Ohrmazd IV (578–590) were present, as well as a few late pieces of Ohrmazd VI, Queen Azarmigdukht, and one early Arab-Sasanian drachm.
Machine summary:
A Late Sasanian Coin Hoard from Orumiyeh Daryoosh Akbarzadeh*, 1 and Nikolaus Schindel 2 1Research Institute of ICHTO 2Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna (Received: 10 /03 /2013 ; Received in Revised form: 06 /09 /2013 ; Accepted: 19 /10 /2013 ) The coinage of the Sasanian Empire (224-651 CE) is not only the most important primary source for its monetary and economic history, but also of greatest relevance for its history and art history.
In the main series covering the collections of Paris, Berlin, and Vienna, three volumes have appeared so far (Alram and Gyselen 2003; Alram and Gyselen 2012); Schindel (2004) which cover the period from the foundation of the Sasanian Empire under Ardashir I until the death of Kawad I in 531; SNS 4 (Khusro I and Ohrmazd IV) is currently being prepared, and should be published in 2016.
Reverse 1: Fire altar, base consisting of three elements, altar shaft, to the left and the right of the shaft ribbons pointing upwards; four altar slabs; IRANIAN JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDIES 4 (2014) 44 Daryoosh Akbarzadeh and Nikolaus Schindel altar flames rendered as four tiers of four, three, two and one strokes respectively; star to the left of altar flames, crescent to the right; to the left and the right of the altar attendant with stylized crown of Khusro II fronting, holding sword with both hands, right hand above left hand, both frontal; regal year at 9 h; crescent at 3 h, 6 h, 9 h and 12 h; triple ridged border.