Sasanidenreich Hemidrachm - Varhran II, 276 – 293

Hemidrachm aus Sasanidenreich. Ausgegeben von 276 bis 293. Geprägt in Silver (.900). Durchmesser 0 mm, Gewicht 1.73 g.

Avers

Family portrait of Varhran II. The king wears a crown with wings and a globe. The Queen wears a kulah with the animal head (boar-crown?); the heir wears a kulah crowend by the head of a bird (eagle-crown?).

Revers

Along the sides of the atasdan are two figures facing the altar. The attendant on the right is a figure of Anahita in a kulah crowend by the head of a bird or winged crown, with the "wreath of power" in his hand. The figure on the left wears the crown of Varhran II and raises his hand (laurel wreath). Bull-symbol over the flames.

Rand

Smooth