Drachm: Fire altar with bust, Zoroastrian priest holding sword left, King as priest holding sword right (reverse)
Cleveland Museum of Art

Drachm: Fire altar with bust, Zoroastrian priest holding sword left, King as priest holding sword right (reverse)

302–309 CE

silver
Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

Drachm: Fire altar with bust, Zoroastrian priest holding sword left, King as priest holding sword right (reverse), 302–309 CE. Iran, Sasanian Empire (224–651 CE), reign of Hormizd II (303–309). Silver; diameter: 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Edward Gans, 1965.316.b

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