Description
Country or authority: Sassanian Empire
Year or date range: Regnal year 9 (provisional), circa AD 599
Denomination: Drachm
Composition: Silver
Ruler or portrait: Khusro II (Khosrau II)
Mint or mintmark: WYHC (provisional reading; mint location disputed)
Catalogue references: Göbl, Sasanian Numismatics, Khusro II, 209 (type II/2)
Obverse description: Draped bust right wearing a winged crown surmounted by a star and crescent, with diadem ribbons at the shoulders. Partly legible Pahlavi legends, provisionally transcribed GDH ʾpz[wt] behind and hwslw[b] before the portrait. Double beaded border with three external star-and-crescent ornaments.
Reverse description: Fire altar with ribbons between two facing attendants, apparently wearing rounded headgear and holding vertical staffs or swords. Star and crescent flank the flames. Pahlavi date at left provisionally read tš[ʾ], year 9; mint signature at right provisionally WYH[C]. Triple beaded border with four external star-and-crescent ornaments.
