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Gobl IIIa and b/3 issue: 2nd crown (winged type), 'AFZUT' on left breaks the inner border [sub-type a]; star and crescent in front of bust also breaks the inner border [sub-type b]; attendants on reverse with crescent headdress; years 11 - 38 (cont)


Khusro II (590 - 628 AD)
AR Drachm
609/610 AD
Mint: BBA
Regnal year: 20
31 x 30 mm.
3.87 gm.
Gobl SN ___; Mochiri ENIS II _
Diameter of obverse dotted border=21 mm.; diameter of reverse border=21 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse:
Reverse:


Khusro II (590 - 628 AD)
AR Drachm
610/611 AD
Mint: AT
Regnal year: 21
31 x 32 mm.
4.04 gm.
Gobl SN ___; Mochiri ENIS II _
Diameter of obverse dotted border=23 mm.; diameter of reverse border=22 mm.
Die position=9h
Obverse:
Reverse:


Khusro II (590 - 628 AD)
AR Drachm
610/11 AD
Mint: ART
Regnal year: 21
32 mm.
3.98 gm.
Gobl SN IIIa/3; Mochiri ENIS II -
Diameter of obverse dotted border=21 mm.; diameter of reverse border=22 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse:
Reverse:


Khusro II (590 - 628 AD)
AR Drachm
610/11 AD
Mint: MY
Regnal year: 21 (?)
Countermarks: Gobl 11 type
27 x 28 mm.
2.64 gm. (clipped)
Gobl SN IIIb/3 type
Diameter of obverse dotted border=22 mm.; diameter of reverse border=22 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse: Senmurv (Gobl Hunnen Countermark 11 type (position 3h)), right, in 1st quadrant.
Reverse: Test scrape in 4th quadrant.
Note: Courtesy Alexander Akin collection.


Khusro II (590 - 628 AD)
AR Drachm
595/96 AD
Mint: BBA
Regnal year: 21 [blundered]
29 x 30 mm.
3.96 gm.
Gobl SN II/2
Diameter of obverse dotted border=18 mm.; diameter of reverse border=21 mm.
Die position=2h
Obverse:
Reverse:
Note: Very unusual style. Part of an imitative series of GW and BBA coins brought to my attention by Susan Tyler-Smith [April, 2008].


Khusro II (590 - 628 AD)
AR Drachm
Mint: BBA
Regnal year: 21
30 x 31 mm.
4.05 gm.
Göbl SN IIIa/2
Diameter of obverse dotted border=19 mm.; diameter of reverse border=20 mm.
Die position=4h
Obverse:
Reverse:
Note: Possible imitative series; very small dies. Early example.


Khusro II (590 - 628 AD)
AR Drachm
Mint: BBA
Regnal year: 21
31 x 33 mm.
3.77 gm.
Göbl SN II/2
Diameter of obverse dotted border=18 mm.; diameter of reverse border=21 mm.
Die position=2h
Obverse:
Reverse:
Note: Possible imitative series; very small dies.


Khusro II (590 - 628 AD)
AR Drachm
Mint: BBA
Regnal year: 21
31 mm.
3.88 gm.
Göbl SN II/2
Diameter of obverse dotted border=18 mm.; diameter of reverse border=20 mm.
Die position=2h
Obverse:
Reverse:
Note: Possible imitative series; very small dies.


Khusro II (590 - 628 AD)
AR Drachm
611/12 AD
Mint: LD
Regnal year: 22
33 x 31 mm.
4.07 gm.
Gobl SN IIIa/3; Mochiri ENIS II -; Mitchiner ACW -
Diameter of obverse dotted border=21 mm.; diameter of reverse border=21 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse:
Reverse:


Khusro II
AR Drachm
612/13 AD
Mint: WYH
Regnal year: 23
32 x 33 mm.
4.04 gm.
Gobl SN II/3; Mochiri ENIS II -
Diameter of obverse dotted border=23 mm.; diameter of reverse border=22 mm.
Die position=4h
Obverse:
Reverse:


Khusro II
AR Drachm
612/13 AD
Mint: LAM
Regnal year: 23
33 x 32 mm.
4.13 gm.
Gobl SN II/3; Mochiri ENIS II -
Diameter of obverse dotted border=23 mm.; diameter of reverse border=22 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse:
Reverse: A over M.


Khusro II (590 - 628 AD)
AR Drachm
612/13 AD
Mint: BBA
Regnal year: 23
32 x 31 mm.
4.05 gm.
Gobl SN IIIb/3; Mochiri ENIS II -
Diameter of obverse dotted border=21 mm.; diameter of reverse border=23 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse:
Reverse:


Khusro II (590 - 628 AD)
AR Drachm
612/13 AD
Mint: LYW
Regnal year: 23 (?)
27 mm.
3.02 gm. (clipped)
Gobl SN IIIa/3; Mochiri ENIS II -
Diameter of obverse dotted border=22 mm.; diameter of reverse border=23 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse: 'APD' (praise) in outer margin.
Reverse:


Khusro II (590 - 628 AD)
AR Drachm
613/14 AD
Mint: ML
Regnal year: 24
31 mm.
4.11 gm.
Gobl SN II/3
Diameter of obverse dotted border=22 mm.; diameter of reverse border=21 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse:
Reverse:
Note: Courtesy Robert W. Schaaf collection.


Khusro II (590 - 628 AD)
AR Drachm
613/14 AD
Mint: ShY
Regnal year: 24
Countermarks: Gobl 10v.
30 mm.
3.52 gm.
Gobl SN IIIa/3; Mochiri ENIS II -
Gobl Hunnen Countermark 10v. (Senmurv) in 1st quadrant.
Diameter of obverse dotted border=21 mm.; diameter of reverse border=22 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse: Senmurv (position 5h), right with star (?) above; in 1st quadrant.
Reverse: Test scrape in 4th quadrant.


Khusro II (590 - 628 AD)
AR Drachm
613/14 AD
Mint: DA
Regnal year: 24
27 x 26 mm.
2.57 gm. (clipped)
Gobl SN IIIb/3; Mochiri ENIS II -; Mitchiner ACW -
Diameter of obverse dotted border=22 mm.; diameter of reverse border=21 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse:
Reverse:


Khusro II (590 - 628 AD)
AR Drachm
613/614 AD
Mint: DA
Regnal year: 24
32 x 30 mm.
4.02 gm.
Gobl SN ___; Mochiri ENIS II _
Diameter of obverse dotted border=21 mm.; diameter of reverse border=21 mm.
Die position=9h
Obverse:
Reverse:


Khusro II (590 - 628 AD)
AR Drachm
613/14 AD
Mint: SK
Regnal year: 24
33 x 31 mm.
4.03 gm.
Gobl SN II/2 type
Diameter of obverse dotted border=22 mm.; diameter of reverse border=22 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse:
Reverse:
Note: Courtesy Robert W. Schaaf collection.


Khusro II (590 - 628 AD)
AR Drachm
614/615 AD
Mint: DL
Regnal year: 25
31 mm.
4.05 gm.
Gobl SN ___; Mochiri ENIS II _
Diameter of obverse dotted border=21 mm.; diameter of reverse border=22 mm.
Die position=2h
Obverse:
Reverse:


Khusro II (590 - 628 AD)
AR Drachm
614/15 AD
Mint: ShY
Regnal year: 25
32 mm.
4.14 gm.
Gobl SN II/3
Diameter of obverse dotted border=22 mm.; diameter of reverse border=22 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse:
Reverse:
Note: Courtesy Robert W. Schaaf collection.


Khusro II (590 - 628 AD)
AR Drachm
614/15 AD
Mint: AHM or ART (?)
Regnal year: 25
32 x 33 mm.
4.05 gm.
Gobl SN IIIb/3; Mochiri ENIS II -; Mitchiner ACW -
Diameter of obverse dotted border=22 mm.; diameter of reverse border=22 mm.
Die position=9h
Obverse:
Reverse:


Khusro II (590 - 628 AD)
AR Drachm
614/15 AD
Mint: BBA
Regnal year: 25
28 mm.
3.02 gm. (clipped)
Gobl SN IIIb/3; Mochiri ENIS II -
Diameter of obverse dotted border=22 mm.; diameter of reverse border=23 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse:
Reverse:


Khusro II (590 - 628 AD)
AR Drachm
614/15 AD
Mint: BYSh
Regnal year: 25
31 mm.
4.15 gm.
Gobl SN IIIb/3; Mochiri ENIS II
Diameter of obverse dotted border=21 mm.; diameter of reverse border=21 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse: 'APD' (praise) in outer margin.
Reverse:
Note: Courtesy Alexander Akin collection.


Khusro II (590 - 628 AD)
AR Drachm
614/15 AD
Mint: WYH
Regnal year: 25
31 mm.
n/a gm.
Gobl SN IIIb/3; Mochiri ENIS II -
Diameter of obverse dotted border=21 mm.; diameter of reverse border=21 mm.
Die position=10h
Obverse: 'APD' (praise) in outer margin.
Reverse:
Note: Courtesy Girts Eisters collection.


Khusro II (590 - 628 AD)
AR Drachm
614/15 AD
Mint: ShY
Regnal year: 25
Countermarks: Gobl 56
31 mm.
4.05 gm.
Gobl SN IIIb/3; Mochiri ENIS II -
Gobl Hunnen Countermark 56 (Tamgha) in 1st quadrant.
Diameter of obverse dotted border=22 mm.; diameter of reverse border=22 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse: 'APD' (praise) in outer margin. Tamgha (position 2h), in 1st quadrant with unusual set of three small scrapes, above.
Reverse: Very small test scrape in 2nd quadrant.


Khusro II (590 - 628 AD)
AR Drachm
614/15 AD
Mint: LD
Regnal year: 25
Countermarks: Gobl 3, 40v.
32 x 30 mm.
3.88 gm.
Gobl SN IIIb/3 type
Diameter of obverse dotted border=22 mm.; diameter of reverse border=22 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse: Large Senmurv head (Gobl Hunnen Countermark 3 (position 10h)), right in 4th quadrant; inscription with tamgha (Gobl Hunnen Countermark 40 type (position 2h)), in 1st quadrant.
Reverse: No test scrape.
Note: Courtesy Alexander Akin collection.


Khusro II (590 - 628 AD)
AR Drachm
614/15 AD
Mint: LD
Regnal year: 25
Countermarks: Gobl 62
32 x 30 mm.
3.74 gm. (clipped (?))
Gobl SN IIIb/3 type
Diameter of obverse dotted border=22 mm.; diameter of reverse border=22 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse: Tamgha (Gobl Hunnen Countermark 62 (position 11h)), in 1st quadrant.
Reverse: No test scrape.




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