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A holed silver drachm of the Sasanian Hormazd IV with a fire altar reverse Coin Type: Holed silver drachm of the Sasanian Hormazd IV, 579-590 CE
Mint and Date: ?, year 10 = 589 CE
Size and Weight: 31mm, 3.41g
Obverse: Facing bust, head right, wearing crown with tassel to left and surmounted by crescent with vertical lines; single-dotted border, crescent with star at 3, 6 and 9 o'clock.
Reverse: Fire altar with two attendants, wearing tall headgear, inside single-dotted border; no marks outside border.
Ref: Göbl Sasanian Numismatics, crown type I, reverse type 1
Provenance: rombron (eBay), April 2006
BW Ref: 001 024 085
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