Sasanian Kingdom. Peroz I. Gold Light Dinar (4.58 g), AD 457/9-484. BBA (Court mint), ca. AD 477-484. Bust of Peroz I right, wearing crown with two wings, frontal crescent, and korymbos set on crescent, ribbon over each shoulder.
Reverse: Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SNS type Iiib/1c; Göbl type III/1; Sunrise 940. Beautiful fine style and workmanship.
Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $4,000 - UP
A son of Yazdgerd II, Peroz I defeated the rightful king, his brother Hormizd III, to become king of the Sasanian Persian Empire. His reign was mostly unstable, Persia suffering from an extended seven-year famine, numerous revolts of peripheral areas of the kingom, and also several wars with the Turkish Hephthalites. Additionally, during his reign Persia suffered from religious tumult, with the priesthood and nobility holding great powers. Peroz was finally defeated and killed by the Hephthalites in 484, and it was not until the reign of his son, Kavad I, who defeated the Hepthalites and reestablished a semblance of order to the Sasanian Empire.
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