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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Asian Coins| > |Sasanian Empire| > WA73352
Sasanian Empire, Vahram V (Bahram Gor), 420 - 438 A.D.
|Sasanian| |Empire|, |Sasanian| |Empire,| |Vahram| |V| |(Bahram| |Gor),| |420| |-| |438| |A.D.|, "This is the son of Yazdagard I (also known as Izgader Malka mentioned in the Talmud). Yazdagard was know to be friendly to the Jewish citizens of his land. According to Sassanian and Pahlavian literature King Yazdagard married the daughter of the exilarch (resh galuta), who was a high government official and the de-facto leader of the Jewish community in the diaspora. In effect this made Varhran V a Jewish Sassanian King!" -- Isadore Goldstein, Zuzim Inc.
WA73352. Silver drachm, SNS Ib1/2 KL, Göbl SN I/2, Choice EF, bold strike with no flat spots, excellent metal, Kirman province (in or near Shirajan?), KL mint, weight 4.159g, maximum diameter 29.4mm, die axis 45o, 420 - 438 A.D.; obverse bust of Vahram right, wearing mural crown with korymbos set on crescent, floral decoration on lower bust; reverse fire altar with ribbons, flanked by two attendants, head of Vahram right in altar, mint signature downward on right; ex Zuzim Inc. (Isadore Goldstein, Brooklyn, NY); scarce; SOLD










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