Bahrfeldt
Sassanian Persian, silver drachm.
This was purchased as a silver drachm, 35 mm, 4.21 grams, attributed in the 1970's to a Sassanian Persian king c. 500 AD. It may, however, be one of the numerous, contemporary local imitations.
The Sassanians ruled Iran and Iraq from the first half of the 3rd century until the Muslim Arab invasions of the mid 7th century AD. At various times they controlled what is now Syria, Armenia, Turkey, Israel, Egypt and other peoples to their north, south and east.
Harmer Rooke auction 19 May 1972, 468 "Kavad I. 499 AD".
Sassanian Persian, silver drachm.
This was purchased as a silver drachm, 35 mm, 4.21 grams, attributed in the 1970's to a Sassanian Persian king c. 500 AD. It may, however, be one of the numerous, contemporary local imitations.
The Sassanians ruled Iran and Iraq from the first half of the 3rd century until the Muslim Arab invasions of the mid 7th century AD. At various times they controlled what is now Syria, Armenia, Turkey, Israel, Egypt and other peoples to their north, south and east.
Harmer Rooke auction 19 May 1972, 468 "Kavad I. 499 AD".