8 October 2013 • 10:16 AMT
From the history of Armenian coins. Arabic coins of Dvin, Sassanid drachmas and unique Umayyad dinar
After the fall of the Parthian kingdom in the first half of the 3rd century, Sassanid rulers came to power, with their coins being widely circulated across the territory of Armenia. These coins totally differed from the Parthian ones in shape and size.