1 Drachm of Bahram II from Persia Mint: Persia (Sardis)
Ruler: Bahram II

275–92

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Silver

Dimensions

3.42 g, 3:00, 27.4 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Professor Othniel Charles Marsh, B.A. 1860

Accession Number

2001.87.14010

Geography

Made in Persia

Culture

Persian

Period

3rd century A.D.

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Jugate busts of Bahram, crowned and cuirassed, and his queen, wearing a bonnet with a boar's head and cuirass, right, facing the cuirassed bust of his son (Prince 4) left, who wears a bonnet with an eagle's head and presents wreath

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: Fire altar with attendants, the right one presents wreath; fravahr symbol and three pellets flanking flames.
Provenance
Professor Othniel Charles Marsh, to about 1872; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., from about 1872 to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

coins, drachmas, money

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