Appendix: The Sasanian coin from Qūmis

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

E-ISSN: 0035-869x|102|2|156-158

ISSN: 0035-869x

Source: Royal Asiatic Society. Journal, Vol.102, Iss.2, 1970-04, pp. : 156-158

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Abstract

The coin is a drachma of the Sasanian king Hormizd IV (a.d. 579–590), and is dated the tenth regnal year, equivalent to a.d. 587/8. Its formal description may be given as follows: