Sasanian Coins from Amul, Tabaristan (original) (raw)
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Numismatic Chronicle 174 (2014), pp. 333-351, pl. 53-72., 2014
In the previous issue of the Numismatic Chronicle a parcel 66 coins of a seemingly much larger hoard was presented. A second parcel of 176 coins includes 169 coins of Ardashīr III (r. AD 628-630), 5 of Yazdgard III (r. AD 632-651), and 2 apparently unrelated ones of Hormizd V (r. AD 632-633). The closing coin of the second parcel is again from the reign Yazdgard III of his seventh regnal year (AD 638-9) struck Kirmān (NAL). The main reason for recording lies the scarcity of post-battle of al-Qādisiyya (AD 636) evidence; secondly, the Ardashīr-coins alone make up the largest group of his coins ever recorded and studied. Not only their quantity but also in the number of dies encountered allows preliminary hypotheses on relative mint output; thirdly, alterations of some of these dies and erasures of mints on the coins itself allow preliminary hypotheses about the mint organisation; and finally it is recorded to preserve the numismatic context for the phenomenon of ink dipinti and grafitti in the late Sasanian period. It also contains a coin of the scarce mint W/N-A/S-A/S.
Review of Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, M. Elahé Askari, Elizabeth J. Pendleton with Richard Hodges, Ali-Akbar Safi (authors) Vol. 1, Ardashir I–Hormizd IV, Special Publication (Royal Numismatic Society [GB]) 47, London: Royal Numismatic Society in assoc. with the British Institute of Persian Studies, 2010, 216 pp (unpaginated), illus., ISSN 0080 4487; ISBN 0 901405 44 2. Vol. 2, Khusrau II–Yazdgard III, Special Publication (Royal Numismatic Society [GB]) 49, London: Royal Numismatic Society in assoc. with the British Institute of Persian Studies, 2012, 511 pp (unpaginated), illus., ISSN 0080 4487; ISBN 0 901405 64 7.
A Hoard from the Time of the Collapse of the Sasanian Empire
Numismatic Chronicle 173 (2013), pp. 414-422, plates 72-79., 2013
In March 2012 a parcel of 66 Sasanian silver drachms was brought to the author’s attention. All the coins were of Ardashīr III (628–30) with the exception of one coin of Yazdgard III (632–51). They formed a coherent parcel. The latest coin was dated year seven of Yazdgard III (638/9). It is worth recording this parcel because it dates from the years of the collapse of the Sasanian empire, after the battle of Qadisiyya (636), and also because about half the coins show ink dipinti (black ink marks), some of which are legible. The reading of the dipinti will be discussed elsewhere. The mint abbreviation WLC is discussed.
Sasanian Coins from ‘Uman and Bahrayn
Kennet & P. Luft (eds). Current Research in Sasanian Archaeology, Art & History. BAR International Series 1810, 2008
Kennet. D. 2008. Sasanian Coins from ‘Uman and Bahrayn. In D. Kennet & P. Luft (eds). Current Research in Sasanian Archaeology, Art & History. BAR International Series 1810: 55-64. The transliteration font seems to have messed up in this pdf. Sorry!
B. Sodaei, M. Hajivaliei, F. Khademi Nadooshan, 2013
Chemical composition made by PIXE and XRF of silver coins which have been minted in the Ecbatana mint houses in the Parthian period (247 BC-224 AD) implies silver sources, which has been extracted for issuing coins. Also, it gives information about the economic and political conditions of the era under study. Fifteen Perthian and twenty two Sasanian (459-651 A.D.) silver coins were analyzed. The silver metal, which has been used in this Satrap, has been explored when commercial activity and population gone high, more silver has been extracted and access to the new sources was necessary by the Parthian. Here, we analytically show the number of mines for extraction of silver in this satrap and possible number of silver ore sources.
A Late Sasanian Coin Hoard from Orumiyeh
Iranian Journal of Archaeological Studies, 2014
The coinage of the Sasanian Empire (224-651 CE) is not only the most important primary source for its monetary and economic history, but also of greatest relevance for its history and art history.Coin hoards are of pivotal importance for studying Sasanian coinage. On August 29,2007,two jars were unearthed during the construction work for the new border sentry post of "Havār-Barxāh-loh" in the Piran-Shahr region (close to the frontier village of Tamar-Chin, about 35 kilometres away from Piran-Shahr).The work was carried out by military personnel belonging to the frontier guard's regiment. The jars contained altogether 1267 Sasanian silver coins, mostly from the Khusro II (590-628) period. Also numerous drachms of Khusro I (531-578) and Ohrmazd IV (578-590) were present, as well as a few late pieces of Ohrmazd VI, Queen Azarmigdukht, and one early Arab-Sasanian drachm.
An Imitative Mint of the Persian War 608-28
Supplement to Early Byzantine Copper Coins, 2022
A group of non-imperial Byzantine folles is examined. Neither the mint mark nor the purported dates on the coins align with any known pattern of early seventh century minting. A tentative conclusion is that they may have been made at the town of Constantia in Osrhoene in support of Byzantine military operations against the Persians in the mid-620s CE.