coin

Details

• Associated people

  Sa‘īd b. Da‘laj (776-778) (ruler)

• Denomination

  Drachm

• Object type

  currency › coin

• Design

  Bust of Khusraw II facing right, Pahlavi inscription downwards to left, Arabic inscription downwards to right (ruler), earring: crescent above two pellets, breast ornamentation: star in circle, enclosed by double beaded circle, margin in four quadrants se (obverse)

  
  

  Zoroastrian fire altar centre, with two attendants right and left standing facing, at the top of the flames rising from the altar, on the left a small star, Pahlavi inscription to left downwards (date), Pahlavi inscription to right downwards (mint), all e (reverse)

• No. of items

  1

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Heberden Coin Room

• Accession no.

  HCR10282

• Standard URI

  http://hcr.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/HCR10282

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