- Title Pages
- Dedication
- List of Plates
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction
- 1 Central Asia: West and East
- Nomad
- 2 Nomads and the Shaping of Central Asia: from the Early Iron Age to the Kushan period
- 3 Nomad Migration in Central Asia
- 4 Regions and Territories in Southern Central Asia: What the Surkhan Darya Province tells us about Bactria
- City
- 5 Bactria, Land of a Thousand Cities
- 6 Ai Khanum Reconstructed
- 7 The Culture of Parthian Nisa between Steppe and Empire
- 8 Termez in Antiquity
- 9 The Arrangement of Buildings in the Quarters of a Sogdian City
- Invasion
- 10 Ardashir’s Eastern Campaign and the Numismatic Evidence
- 11 The Sasanian relief at Rag-i Bibi (Northern Afghanistan)
- 12 The Fortifications at Gobekly-depe
- 13 The Bullae of Gobekly-depe
- 14 Gorgân and Dehistan: The North-East Frontier of the Iranian Empire
- 15 The Fortifications of the City of Gyaur Kala, Merv
- 16 Money
- 16 Money as a Marker of Cultural Continuity and Change in Central Asia
- 17 Some Questions Regarding the Numismatics of Pre-Islamic Merv
- 18 Monetary Circulation in Ancient Tokharistan
- 19 Money in Eastern Central Asia before AD 800
- Religion
- 20 Religious Iconography on Ancient Iranian Coins
- 21 The Fire Temple at Tash-k’irman Tepe, Chorasmia
- 22 A Tower of Silence of the Sasanian Period at Bandiyan: Some observations about Dakhmas in Zoroastrian Religion
- 23 Buddhism and Features of the Buddhist Art of Bactria-Tokharistan
- Index
- Maps
Ardashir’s Eastern Campaign and the Numismatic Evidence
Ardashir’s Eastern Campaign and the Numismatic Evidence
- Chapter:
- (p.226) (p.227) 10 Ardashir’s Eastern Campaign and the Numismatic Evidence
- Source:
- After Alexander: Central Asia before Islam
- Author(s):
MICHAEL ALRAM
- Publisher:
- British Academy
This chapter examines the eastern campaign of Ardashir as the king of Fars based on numismatic evidence. Ardashir's coinage can be easily divided into three major phases according to its images and legends. The first phase is represented by a single type of coin minted in series, the second phase involved Ardashir's first minting phase of king of kings, and the third is marked by the introduction of a new coin type on the obverse showing Ardashir with a covered hairstyle. The metal analysis of four coins of Farn-Sasan has shown that their chemical composition is quite similar to those of the throne-successor coins.
Keywords: Ardashir, eastern campaign, numismatic evidence, minting, coins, Farn-Sasan
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- List of Plates
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction
- 1 Central Asia: West and East
- Nomad
- 2 Nomads and the Shaping of Central Asia: from the Early Iron Age to the Kushan period
- 3 Nomad Migration in Central Asia
- 4 Regions and Territories in Southern Central Asia: What the Surkhan Darya Province tells us about Bactria
- City
- 5 Bactria, Land of a Thousand Cities
- 6 Ai Khanum Reconstructed
- 7 The Culture of Parthian Nisa between Steppe and Empire
- 8 Termez in Antiquity
- 9 The Arrangement of Buildings in the Quarters of a Sogdian City
- Invasion
- 10 Ardashir’s Eastern Campaign and the Numismatic Evidence
- 11 The Sasanian relief at Rag-i Bibi (Northern Afghanistan)
- 12 The Fortifications at Gobekly-depe
- 13 The Bullae of Gobekly-depe
- 14 Gorgân and Dehistan: The North-East Frontier of the Iranian Empire
- 15 The Fortifications of the City of Gyaur Kala, Merv
- 16 Money
- 16 Money as a Marker of Cultural Continuity and Change in Central Asia
- 17 Some Questions Regarding the Numismatics of Pre-Islamic Merv
- 18 Monetary Circulation in Ancient Tokharistan
- 19 Money in Eastern Central Asia before AD 800
- Religion
- 20 Religious Iconography on Ancient Iranian Coins
- 21 The Fire Temple at Tash-k’irman Tepe, Chorasmia
- 22 A Tower of Silence of the Sasanian Period at Bandiyan: Some observations about Dakhmas in Zoroastrian Religion
- 23 Buddhism and Features of the Buddhist Art of Bactria-Tokharistan
- Index
- Maps
