Persian Coin, King Khusro II, AR Drachm, Rey-Ardashir, 592 AD

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King: Khosrau II
Coin: AR Drachm

Obverse: Bust of king Khosrau II, facing to the right, wearing the Winged crown, surmounted with a  ◡ and ✰, a ✰ to each side of the crown, wearing a torc, 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 ◡ and ✰ 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, ◡ with ✰ 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 Rev-Ardashir"

Weight: 3.77 grams
Dimensions: 32 x 32.5 x 0.8 mm
Diametre of obverse border=20 mm, reverse border=23.5 mm
Die axis: 90 degrees

Mint name: 

(LYW = Rev-Ardashir, modern Bushehr),
Year: 2nd year, struck between 591 - 592 AD
Reference: Gobl II, 2 issue