1 Drachm of Xusro I from Persis | Yale University Art Gallery

A.D. 531–79

Medium: Silver
Dimensions: 3.69 g, 3:00, 29.5 mm
Credit Line: Ruth Elizabeth White Fund
Accession Number: 2004.6.3950
Geography: Made in Persis
Culture: Greek
Period: 6th century A.D.
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Draped bust of Sapur I, bearded and wearing crown, r.; three crescent moons with stars around border

Reverse Description: Fire altar on column between two attendants with headdresses, each facing front; in upper l., star; in upper r., crescent moon

Provenance

Professor Dr. Peter Robert Franke and Leonore Franke, Munich, 1977–2004; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Object copyright

Additional information

coins, drachmas

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