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title: Sassanian Coin Depicting Anahita
author: The Trustees of the British Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11836/sassanian-coin-depicting-anahita/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2024-09-10
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# Sassanian Coin Depicting Anahita

_Authored by The Trustees of the British Museum_

## Image File

[![Sassanian Coin Depicting Anahita](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/11836.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/11836.jpg)

## Image Caption

Reverse of a [Sassanian](https://www.worldhistory.org/Sasanian_Empire/) [gold](https://www.worldhistory.org/gold/) [coin](https://www.worldhistory.org/coinage/) with the goddess [Anahita](https://www.worldhistory.org/Anahita/) standing on the left facing a seated king to the right, 3rd century CE.

The British Museum, London.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Museum, T. T. o. t. B. (2020, February 03). Sassanian Coin Depicting Anahita. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11836/sassanian-coin-depicting-anahita/>
### Chicago
Museum, The Trustees of the British. "Sassanian Coin Depicting Anahita." *World History Encyclopedia*, February 03, 2020. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11836/sassanian-coin-depicting-anahita/>.
### MLA
Museum, The Trustees of the British. "Sassanian Coin Depicting Anahita." *World History Encyclopedia*, 03 Feb 2020, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11836/sassanian-coin-depicting-anahita/>.

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