Sassanian drahm

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The Sassanian drahm was a silver coin of the Sassanian Empire that became a major standard of currency and trade across the Near East and Central Asia.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Sasanian dinar 1
Sasanian silver drahm 1
Sassanian drahm canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf currency ⓘ
historical coin ⓘ
silver coin ⓘ
associatedWithReligion Zoroastrianism ⓘ
category Sassanian numismatics ⓘ
circulatedDuring Sassanian period ⓘ
linked to: Sasanian Empire
circulatedFromCentury 3rd century ⓘ
circulatedToCentury 7th century ⓘ
continuedInUseAfter Arab conquest of Iran ⓘ
denominationOf Sassanian monetary system ⓘ
edgeType plain edge ⓘ
hasObverseDesign portrait of Sassanian king ⓘ
hasReverseDesign attendants flanking fire altar ⓘ
fire altar ⓘ
historicalImportance major monetary standard of Late Antiquity ⓘ
iconographyFeature crescent and star symbols ⓘ
royal crown types ⓘ
influenced Central Asian coinage ⓘ
Islamic dirham ⓘ
linked to: Dirham

early Islamic coin design ⓘ
inspired Arab-Sassanian coinage ⓘ
material silver ⓘ
mintedBy Sassanian royal mints ⓘ
mintedUnder Ardashir I ⓘ
Khosrow I ⓘ
Khosrow II ⓘ
Shapur I ⓘ
scriptOnCoin Middle Persian ⓘ
Pahlavi script ⓘ
servedAs standard of currency ⓘ
trade standard ⓘ
shape round ⓘ
standardMetal silver ⓘ
usedBy Sassanian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Sasanian Empire

merchants ⓘ
military ⓘ
state administration ⓘ
usedFor commercial transactions ⓘ
military payments ⓘ
tax payments ⓘ
tribute payments ⓘ
usedInRegion Central Asia ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
Near East ⓘ
linked to: Middle East
usedInTrade international trade ⓘ
long-distance trade ⓘ
weightStandard approximately 4 grams ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dirham → influencedBy → Sassanian drahm ⓘ
Sassanian royal mints → product → Sasanian silver drahm ⓘ
linked to: Sassanian drahm
Sassanian royal mints → product → Sasanian dinar ⓘ
linked to: Sassanian drahm