Khosrau II, AR Drachm, Yazd, 619 AD

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Khosrau II
590 - 628 AD
Coin: AR Drachm

Obverse: Bust of king Khosrau II, facing to the right, wearing the Winged crown, surmounted
with a  ✰ over ◡ , a ✰ to each side of the crown, wearing a torc and earring, a ✰ over ◡ on
each shoulder, a tassle billows upwards from each shoulder, ◡ above his left shoulder, Pahlavi
sentence, vertically, in the upper left and right fields (Kh'sr'wd).
Within a double border, with a ✰ over ◡ at 90, 180 and 270 degrees.

Reverse: Two noblemen, facing, each holding a sword downwards, in front of them, with both
hands, the sacred, eternal fire of the Zoroastrians, between them. ✰ in the upper left field, ◡
in the upper right field. All within a triple border, ✰ over ◡ at 0, 90, 180 and 270 degrees.
Pahlavi sentence, first line vertical to the left guard, second line vertical to the right
guard, stating "struck in Yazd"

Weight: 3.49 grams
Dimensions: 28.5 x 30 x 0.8 mm
Diametre of obverse border=22 mm, reverse border=21 mm
Die axis: 100 degrees

Mint name: 

YZ (Yazd),
Year: 30th year, struck between 619 - 620 AD
Reference: Gobl SN IIIb/3