Hi friends, I would like to share pictures of my beautiful Sasanian coin. This is a silver drachm of Ardashir I the great. He defeated the last Parthian king Artabanus IV in 224 AD and reunited the region we known as IRAN, technically he mentioned the concept of a united land (to be known as a country) by calling himself the king of ERÃN (Iranians) and ANERÃN (non-Iranians) which proves that the concept of a nation and a motherland was existed way further than we thought (Perhaps further than Ardashir). This coin is coming from a very well known collection and by far is one of the most beautiful and highest quality coin of I have ever seen of Ardashir I. Do you have any Sasanian coin?
Beautiful toning, AR Drachm of Khusrau II, Mint of LD (Ray (this city is still existed in Iran)), Year 27 of his reign. Amazing coin.
That's a very nice Ardashir I in the OP. Here's my top coin purchased in 2022, a drachm of Queen Boran (628-630): I posted some background on the coin and history a couple of months ago: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-coin-of-the-year-queen-boran.400286/
This is my first time hearing about Queen Boran/Buran. I would never have guessed those portraits were female!
Oh yeah, she is the daughter of the king you have his coin (Khusrau II). here is another coin of her from a different mint which shows better detail of her.
She looks more female there. That’s a lovely coin. I should learn more about Persian history. One of my favorite coins is also Persian, but much, much later, from the Qajar dynasty.
A small group of Sassanian coins: AR Drahm of Shapur I, son of Ardashir Papagan, (241-272). Too bad it's broken... Yazdagard I (399-420) - AR drahm from Bishapur (BYS) or BBA court mint. Peroz (459-484) - AR Drahm from Goyman (G W) Khosrow I (531-579)- drahm from Hulwan (AYRAN) Khosrow II (590-628) - drahm Year 28? Mint-mark unclear
(Talking about the slab): It looks great! So is that a new thing, then? I wondered. Hope so. I love that it's free of those ghastly white prongs, which have been my #1 gripe with NGC. (PS, after web search): Hmm. I guess it's an Airview holder. I like it.
