Sassanian royal mints
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Sassanian royal mints were state-controlled facilities of the Sassanian Empire responsible for producing its official silver drahm and other coinage used across the realm.
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
component of Sasanian imperial administration
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royal mint system ⓘ state-controlled mint ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Sasanian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
Sasanian central administration
NERFINISHED
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Sasanian monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Sasanian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currency |
Sasanian dinar
ⓘ
Sasanian drahm ⓘ |
| depictsOnCoins |
Sasanian king bust
ⓘ
Zoroastrian fire altar ⓘ attendants flanking fire altar ⓘ |
| employs |
die engravers
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metallurgists ⓘ mint officials ⓘ royal inspectors ⓘ |
| endTime | 7th century CE ⓘ |
| followed | Parthian royal mints ⓘ |
| followedBy | early Islamic mints in former Sasanian territories ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
centralized control
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standardized iconography ⓘ standardized weight system ⓘ use of mint signatures ⓘ |
| languageOfInscription | Middle Persian (Pahlavi) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
Bishapur
NERFINISHED
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Ctesiphon NERFINISHED ⓘ Fars region NERFINISHED ⓘ Gundeshapur NERFINISHED ⓘ Hamadan NERFINISHED ⓘ Herat NERFINISHED ⓘ Istakhr NERFINISHED ⓘ Kerman NERFINISHED ⓘ Merv NERFINISHED ⓘ Nishapur NERFINISHED ⓘ Ray NERFINISHED ⓘ Susa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainFunction |
supply coinage for army payments
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supply coinage for imperial taxation ⓘ supply coinage for long-distance trade ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Sasanian royal government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Sasanian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| product |
Sasanian copper coins
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Sasanian dinar NERFINISHED ⓘ Sasanian silver drahm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regulates |
official coin types in the empire
ⓘ
silver fineness of drahm ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
expansion under Shapur I
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late issues under Yazdegerd III ⓘ monetary reform of Khosrow I NERFINISHED ⓘ reorganization under Yazdegerd I ⓘ |
| startTime | 3rd century CE ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 3rd century CE to 7th century CE ⓘ |
| usedFor |
production of copper coinage
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production of fractional silver denominations ⓘ production of gold coinage ⓘ production of official coinage ⓘ production of silver drahm ⓘ |
| uses | Pahlavi mint abbreviations on coins ⓘ |
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