Specimen record
sas-048
Sas-048 Sasanian Empire, Hormazd [Hormizd/Hormozd] IV (AD 579-590). Silver drachm (4.06 gm, 32.40 mm), WYHC (Weh-az-Andiyok-Husraw), RY 5 = AD 583. Göbl I/1.
sas-048
House record
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￥8,000
![Sas-048 Sasanian Empire, Hormazd [Hormizd/Hormozd] IV (AD 579-590). Silver drachm (4.06 gm, 32.40 mm), WYHC (Weh-az-Andiyok-Husraw), RY 5 = AD 583. Göbl I/1. — Obverse](https://images.silkroadnumis.jp/coins/sas-048/obverse.png?v=2026-10-02T22%3A41%3A18.731Z)
![Sas-048 Sasanian Empire, Hormazd [Hormizd/Hormozd] IV (AD 579-590). Silver drachm (4.06 gm, 32.40 mm), WYHC (Weh-az-Andiyok-Husraw), RY 5 = AD 583. Göbl I/1. — Reverse](https://images.silkroadnumis.jp/coins/sas-048/reverse.png?v=2026-10-02T22%3A41%3A18.731Z)
Obverse
Within a single border of dots, draped bust of Hormazd IV to right, wearing an elaborate mural crown with a frontal crescent surmounted by a korymbos in crescent; a crescent and a ribbon on each shoulder; behind head, ‘ʾp̄zwn’ = ‘abzōn’ (‘increase’ in Pahlavi); before head, ‘ʾwhlmzd’ = ‘Ohrmazd’ (‘Hormazd’ in Pahlavi); in the margin, three stars in crescents.
Reverse
Within a single border of dots, fire altar with ribbons, flanked by two attendants; above altar, star and crescent; to left, ‘HOMŠY’ = ‘panǰ’ (‘five’ in Pahlavi); to right, ‘WYHC’ (abbreviation for the name of the mint in Pahlavi).
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