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Hemidrachm - Ardakhshir II
| Issuer | Persis, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 40 BC - 5 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Reverse description | The king is shown standing in left profile, clad in royal attire, holding a long sceptre in one hand while extending the other in a gesture of sacrifice over a fire altar positioned to the left. The scene is rendered in the schematic, linear style typical of Persis dynastic coinage, with an Aramaic legend surrounding the central figural composition. The composition reflects the Achaemenid-derived religious and royal iconographic tradition of the Frataraka and later dynastic rulers of Persis. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (40 BC - 5 BC) |
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