Sasanian Kings, Kavad I 499-531 AD. AR Drachm. Very rare mint.
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Sasanian Kings Kavad I 499-531 AD. AR Drachm.
28.57mm 3.92gm. GNCKR (Ganjak) mint year 34.
Bust right wearing mural crown with frontal crescent
two ribbons and korymbos set on crescent ribbons and crescents on
shoulders stars flanking head star-in-crescents in margin / Fire
altar with ribbons flanked by two attendants star and crescent
flanking flames.
two ribbons and korymbos set on crescent ribbons and crescents on
shoulders stars flanking head star-in-crescents in margin / Fire
altar with ribbons flanked by two attendants star and crescent
flanking flames.
SNS type Ic/1a Gobl type III/1 Saeedi - Sunrise 967. Good very fine. Very rare mint.
Note
The identity of GNCKR has
tentatively been translated as the city of Ganjak in southern
Azerbaijan the portion of Azerbaijan now located within Iran. It was a
major city near Lake Urmiya destroyed by the Byzantines in 622 AD
during the intense fighting between the Byzantine and Sasanian empires.
The alternative assignment of this mint to Ganja in the northern
section of the independent county of Azerbaijan is no longer accepted.
tentatively been translated as the city of Ganjak in southern
Azerbaijan the portion of Azerbaijan now located within Iran. It was a
major city near Lake Urmiya destroyed by the Byzantines in 622 AD
during the intense fighting between the Byzantine and Sasanian empires.
The alternative assignment of this mint to Ganja in the northern
section of the independent county of Azerbaijan is no longer accepted.