Sasanian Empire Drachm - Varhran I, 273 – 276

Drachm from Sasanian Empire. Issued from 273 to 276. Struck in Silver (.900). Measures 26 mm and weighs 3.88 g.

Obverse

A portrait picture of Varhran facing left in a radiant crown with a globe. On the globe there are ornamental points. Ribbons flow from the diadem with their ends upwards. The hair in the from of tightly twisted plaits. Bearded face and moustache. There is a single pointed rim around the picture. Around the neck there is a necklace of large beads. The Pahlavi legend (Mazda worshipper, the lord (divine) Varhran, King of Kings of Eran and non-Eran, whose origin is from the gods)

Reverse

An "atasdan" in the form of high column with a base and capitellum. There are figures on both sides. One of them is the god Ahura Mazda (or attendant with stylized crown of Ahuramazda), to the left wearing the crown of Ohmazd I. Pahlavi legend