v11_0174 - SASANIAN - SASANIAN KINGDOM - KHOSROW II Drachme
MONNAIES 11 (2002)
Starting price : 53.36 €
Estimate : 83.85 €
Realised price : 94.21 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 100.62 €
Starting price : 53.36 €
Estimate : 83.85 €
Realised price : 94.21 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 100.62 €
Type : Drachme
Date: an 35
Metal : silver
Diameter : 31 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 4,19 g.
Coments on the condition:
Flan large et très beau portrait. Jolie patine de médaillier
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : INSCRIPTION EN PEHLVI.
Obverse description : Buste de Chosroès II couronné à droite, surmonté d'un casque ailé entouré d'un double grènetis avec trois étoiles surmontant des croissants.
Reverse
Reverse legend : INSCRIPTION EN PEHLVI.
Reverse description : Autel entre deux prêtres, du Soleil à gauche et de la Lune à droite, entouré d'un triple grènetis, au-dessus quatre croissants surmontés d'étoiles.
Historical background
SASANIAN - SASANIAN KINGDOM - KHOSROW II
(590-628)
Chosroes II (Khusro) is the grandson of Chosroes I (531-579) and the enemy of Justinian I (527-565). Successor of his father Hormizd IV (579-590), he was the last great Sassanid king. Allied with Maurice Tiberius (582-602) and learning of the latter's assassination, he invaded the Byzantine Empire but the Sassanid kingdom succumbed under the combined blows of the Byzantines who won a great victory in 628, the Avars and especially the Muslims. Omar (634-644), Commander of the Faithful, takes Ctesiphon in 636 and Jerusalem two years later. The last Sasanian king was overthrown in 651.
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