Sasanian Empire: Narseh, 293-303 AD
AR Drachm, Ktesiphon,Phase 1, 293-303 AD.
Obverse: Bust right, wearing crown with arcades, three foliate branches, and korymbos; hair in single group.
Reverse: Fire altar; flanked by two attendants, both wearing mural crowns, the left with korymbos; fravahr and taurus symbol flanking flames.
Reference: SNS type Ia/1a, Style A/1; Sunrise 802-3
Weight: 3.88 g Diameter: 27mm Conservation: gVF
Narseh (also spelled Narses or Narseus; Middle Persian: 𐭭𐭥𐭮𐭧𐭩, New Persian: نرسه, Narsē) was the seventh Sasanian King of Kings of Iran from 293 to 303.
The youngest son of Shapur I (r. 240–270), Narseh served as the governor of Sakastan, Hind and Turan under his father. Shapur I was eventually succeeded by his son Hormizd I (r. 270–271), who died after a reign of one year. Shapur I's eldest son Bahram I, who had never been considered as a candidate for succession to the throne by his father, ascended the throne with the aid of the powerful Zoroastrian priest Kartir. He then made a settlement with Narseh to give up his entitlement to the throne in return for the governorship of the important frontier province of Armenia, which was a persistent cause for war between the Roman and Sasanian Empires. Narseh held the title of Vazurg Šāh Arminān ("Great King of Armenia"), which was used by the heir to the throne in the early Sasanian times. Nevertheless, Narseh most likely still viewed Bahram I as a usurper."
Referência : Sunrise 803
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Coleção : XIII Oriental Coins