s a s a n i a n  e m p i r e

Ardashir I, a king of Persis, defeats the Parthian king Artabanos IV and two years later is crowned as the first Sasanian king in 226 AD. His son, Shapur I, expands the borders to include all of modern Iran and parts of Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and the Gulf Coast of the Arabian peninsula. 400 years of war with Rome, Kushans, Chionites and Hephthalites takes its toll and in the mid 7th century the Arabs overrun the Sasanians, replacing Zoroastrianism with Islam.

view by king/date

| Ardashir I |
| page 1 | page 2 |

| Shapur I |

| Hormazd I - Varhran I |

| Varhran II |
| page 1 | page 2 |

| Varhran III - Narseh |

| Hormazd II |

| Shapur II |
| page 1 | page 2 | page 3 |

| Ardashir II |

| Shapur III |

| Varhran IV |

| Yazdgard I |

| Varhran V |

| Yazdgard II - Hormazd III |

| Peroz I |
| page 1 | page 2 |

| Valkash |

| Kavad I, 1st reign |

| Zamasp |

| Kavad I, 2nd reign |

| Khusro I |
| page 1 | page 2 | page 3 |

| Hormazd IV |
| page 1 | page 2 |

| Varhran VI - Vistahm - Hormazd V |

| Khusro II |
| page 1 | page 2 | page 3 | page 4 | page 5 | page 6 | page 7 | page 8 | page 9 |

Khusro II types
Khusro II bust comparison
Attendants' headgear on the coins of Khusro I, Hormazd IV and Khusro II

| Kavad II - Ardashir III - Khusro III |

| Buran - Azarmidukht - Hormazd VI - Khusro IV or V |

| Yazdgard III |

imitations

| sasanian imitations |
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[under construction]

view by minting authority

| mint signatures and locations |
[under construction]

tables/references

| table of mints |

| map of mints |

| table of dates |

| comparison of transcription of sasanian names |

| references |

seals

| seals |

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