Record ID: LON-B2F5CF
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver drachm of Khosrow II (also known as Khusro II, Chosroes II or Khusraw Parvēz), Sasanian king in Iran, AD 590-628. Mint LAM= Ram Hormuz in southwestern Iran. Obverse: Crowned bust of Khosrow II facing right, Zoroastrian astrological symbols: stars and crescents around perimeter. Reverse: Holy fire-altar flanked by two attendants, monograms/ Zoroastrian astrological symbols. Similar drachms on the database are LVPL2174 and LEIC-BF6164. Gareth Williams pers com "It's not impossible that such a coin could have reached England in Viking hands. There was a Byzantine coin…
Created on: Thursday 4th May 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 1st November 2017
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Record ID: NCL-F637D6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy Decanummium of Justinian I (527-65) Mint of Carthage, AD 547-52. See Hahn, MIBE, p. 161, no. 200, Dumbarton Oaks vol 1, pl. XLIV, no. 304.1
Created on: Thursday 2nd September 2010
Last updated: Thursday 12th September 2019
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