Document Type : Research Paper

Author

• Ehsan Shavarebi

Graduate of Tehran University Archeology Department

Abstract

The beginning of studies on Sasanian numismatics goes back to the 18^th century. Since then Sasanian numismatics has experienced different periods and schools and remarkably advanced by new approaches and methods. Today, many questions of Sasanian history and archaeology find numismatic answers. The present paper is arranged in three general parts, which, respectively, provide an introduction to the history of Sasanian numismatics from the 18^th century up to now, major collections of Sasanian coins in the world, and new methodological bases and approaches of modern studies on Sasanian numismatics.
 

Keywords

• Numismatics
• archaeology
• coin collecting
• Sasanian period
• Sylloge Nummorum Sasanidarum (SNS)