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Khusro I Fire Altar Coin Type: Silver drachm of the Sasanid Khusrou or Xusrō I, 531-579 CE
Mint and Date: Abiverd mint, year 19 = 550 CE
Size and Weight: 30mm, 4.0g
Obverse: Facing bust, head right, wearing merlon crown with tassel to left and surmounted by crescent with three flames: inside single dotted-border, crescents at 3, 6 and 9 o'clock.
Reverse: Fire altar with two attendants standing facing, wearing tall headgear, both hands on sword hilt, all inside single dotted-border.
Ref: Göbl SN, crown IIc, reverse 2, plate XII 196-198; Valentine 44v
Provenance: Chip Vaughn, Forvm members' auction, March 2006; Eden Seminary Collection, c.1950s
BW Ref: 001 024 085
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