Drachma

33-62-55

Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries

From: Iran

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 33-62-55
Current Location Middle East Galleries - On Display
Culture Sassanian
Provenience Iran
Manufacture Location NYHC
Creator Chusro II
Period Sassanian Period
Date Made 590-628 CE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Silver
Iconography Head | Chusro II | Year
Description

Silver drachm. Obverse: Head of king facing right within one or more rings. 0 II/r.2 Reverse: Year 3= 592/3 Mint NYHC (?)=uncertain.

Credit Line Persian Expedition, Erich Schmidt, 1933

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