Drachma (Coin) Portraying Chosroes I

Art Institute of Chicago

Drachma (Coin) Portraying Chosroes I

Sasanian; Persia (now Iran)

Date
531-579
Medium
Silver
Culture
Iran
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

The front of this coin portrays Chosroes I. The scene on the back includes a pyre burning on an altar, with a star above.

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