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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Asian Coins| > |Sasanian Empire| > WA27778
Sasanian Empire, Hormizd II, 303 - 309 A.D.
|Sasanian| |Empire|, |Sasanian| |Empire,| |Hormizd| |II,| |303| |-| |309| |A.D.|, Apparently unpopular, Hormizd was ambushed by his own soldiers while hunting and his nobles finished off the wounded king. After his death, his oldest son Adhur Narseh, who had a cruel disposition, was killed after a very short reign. A younger son, also named Hormizd, was held prisoner. The nobility and priests crowned another son of Hormizd II, whom they were confident they could control. Shapur II was made king by placing the crown on his mother's abdomen before he was born. In 323, Hormizd II's imprisoned son, also named Hormizd, escaped with his mother's help and found refuge at the court of Constantine the Great. In 363, he fought for Rome against Persia under the Roman emperor Julian. In turn, a son of this son, also named Hormizd, served as a Roman proconsul.
WA27778. Silver drachm, SNS II type Ia/3a, Sunrise 815, cf. Göbl SN I/1a (both attendants with korymbos), gVF, Ctesiphon mint, weight 4.282g, maximum diameter 27.2mm, die axis 90o, 303 - 309 A.D.; obverse Pahlavi legend: Worshipper of Lord Mazda, 'God' Hormizd, King of Kings of Iran who has lineage from the gods, crowned and cuirassed bust of King right, eagle and korymbos in crown, wearing pearl earring, pearl at eagle's beak; reverse Pahlavi legend: Fire of Hormizd, fire altar decorated with ribbon, topped by Ahuramazda bust facing left in flames, flanked by Hormizd on left, wearing eagle crown and holding barsom, and attendant on right wearing mural crown and holding barsom; SOLD










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