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T. K. Mallon's Sasanian Empire Pages - archived copy available: http://web.archive.org/web/20140326092955/http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/sasania/sasanian.html
ZENO.RU - Oriental Coins Database Sasanian page - http://www.zeno.ru/showgallery.php?cat=2805
Beast Coins Sasanian Coins page - http://www.beastcoins.com/Sasanian/Sasanian.htm
Ardashir I, 224 - 241, common, SNS I
Shapur I, 241 - 272, very common, SNS I
Hormazd I (Ohrmazd I), 272 - 273, very rare, SNS II
Varhran I, 273 - 276, scarce, SNS II
Varhran II, 276 - 293, scarce, SNS II
Varhran III, 293 AD, scarce, SNS II
Narseh, 293 - 303 AD, scarce, SNS II
Hormazd II (Ohrmazd II), 303 - 309, scarce, SNS II
Shapur II, 309 - 379, very common, SNS III
Ardashir II, 379 - 383, rare, SNS III
Shapur III, 383 - 388, common, SNS III
Varhran IV, 388 - 399, common, SNS III
Yazdgard I, 399 - 420, common, SNS III
Varhran V, 420 - 438, common, SNS III
Yazdgard II, 438 - 457, common, SNS III
Hormazd III (Ohrmazd III), 457 - 459, scarce, SNS III
Peroz I, 457/459 - 484, common, SNS III
Valkash, 484 - 488, common, SNS III
Kavad I, 488 - 531, very common, SNS III
Zamasp, 518 - 520, rare
Khusro I (Xusro I), 531 - 579, very common
Hormazd IV (Ohrmazd IV), 579 - 590, very common
Varhran VI, 590 - 591, rare
Vistahm, 591 - 597, very rare
Hormazd V (Ohrmazd V), 591 - 597, scarce
Khusro II (Xusro II), 590/591, 590/591 - 600/601, and 627/628, very common
Kavad II, spring - September 628, very rare
Ardashir III, fall 628 - summer 629, rare
Khusro III (Xusro III), 629 - 631(?), scarce
Buran, 629 - 631, very rare
Azarmidukht, 631, extremely rare. Per Stephen Album Rare Coins Auction 32, between 25 and 35 pieces are now known.
Hormazd VI (Ohrmazd VI), 631 - 632, rare
Khusro V, 631 - 637(?), very rare
Yazdgard III, 632 - 651, rare
Sylloge Nummorum Sasanidarum
SNS I. Album, S. & R. Gyselen. Sylloge Nummorum Sasanidarum Paris - Berlin - Wien, Band I: Ardashir I - Shapur I. (Vienna, 2003).
SNS II. Alram, M & R. Gyselen. Sylloge Nummorum Sasanidarum. Paris-Berlin-Wien, Band II: Ohrmazd I - Ohrmazd II. (Vienna, 2012).
SNS III. Schindel, N. Sylloge Nummorum Sasanidarum Paris - Berlin - Wien, Band III: Shapur II - Kawad I. (Vienna, 2004).
SNS IV. Schindel, Nickolaus. Sylloge Nummorum Sasanidarum. Paris − Berlin ‒ Wien. Band IV Teil 1 und 2: Khusro I. (Vienna, 2022).
SNS Iran I. Curtis, V.S. et al. A Sylloge of the Sasanian Coins in the National Museum of Iran (Muzeh Melli Iran), Tehran. Vol. 1: Ardashir I - Hormizd IV. (London, 2010).
SNS Iran II. Curtis, V.S. et al. A Sylloge of the Sasanian Coins in the National Museum of Iran (Muzeh Melli Iran), Tehran. Vol. 2: Khusrau II – Yazdgard III. (London, 2012).
SNS Iran Orumiyeh. Schindel, N. & D. Akbarzadeh. Sylloge Nummorum Sasanidarum Iran – A Late Sasanian Hoard from Orumiyeh. Österreichischen Akademie Der Wissenschaften. (Vienna, 2017).
SNS Israel. Schindel, N. Sylloge Nummorum Sasanidarum Israel: The Sasanian and Sasanian-Type Coins in the Collections of the Hebrew University. (Jerusalem, 2009).
SNS Schaaf. Schindel, N., M. Alram, R. Gyselen, & R. Schaaf. Sylloge Nummorum Sasanidarum - The Schaaf Collection. Österreichischen Akademie Der Wissenschaften. (Vienna, 2014).
SNS Uzbekistan. Baratova, L., N. Schindel, & E. Rtveladze. Sylloge Nummorum Sasanidarum Usbekistan: Sasanidische Münzen und ihre Imitationen aus Bukhara, Termes und Chaganian. (Vienna, 2012).
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