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title: Coin of Ardashir I
author: The Trustees of the British Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11784/coin-of-ardashir-i/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Coin of Ardashir I

_Authored by The Trustees of the British Museum_

## Image File

[![Coin of Ardashir I](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/11784.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/11784.jpg)

## Image Caption

[Silver](https://www.worldhistory.org/Silver/) [coin](https://www.worldhistory.org/coinage/) of [Ardashir I](https://www.worldhistory.org/Ardashir_I/) (r. 224-240 CE) Minted in [Ctesiphon](https://www.worldhistory.org/ctesiphon/), [Sassanian Empire](https://www.worldhistory.org/Sasanian_Empire/). British Museum

## Cite This Work

### APA
Museum, T. T. o. t. B. (2020, January 24). Coin of Ardashir I. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11784/coin-of-ardashir-i/>
### Chicago
Museum, The Trustees of the British. "Coin of Ardashir I." *World History Encyclopedia*, January 24, 2020. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11784/coin-of-ardashir-i/>.
### MLA
Museum, The Trustees of the British. "Coin of Ardashir I." *World History Encyclopedia*, 24 Jan 2020, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11784/coin-of-ardashir-i/>.

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