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Journal of Sistan and Baluchistan Studies

Journal of Sistan and Baluchistan Studies

A RESEARCH ON HORMIZD IV SASANIAN COINS MINTED IN ANCIENT SAKASTAN

Document Type : Original Research Article

Authors
1 Assistant Professor, Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran
2 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts and Architecture, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran
Abstract
The reign of Hormizd IV (579-590 AD) faced many battles in a series of unending conflicts with other neighboring states and tribes, mostly on the western front. Thus, all the government’s attention was focused on the western neighborhoods. Sakastan was one of the most important states of ancient Iran during the Sassanid period, where a member of the Shah’s family was always elected to rule Sakastan. Although minting the royal coins was very active since the beginning of the Sassanid period, after the reign of Khosrow I, coinage with the abbreviation SK became common and continued until the Islamization shift that changedall of their ancient symbolism. In the Hormizd IV period, Sakastan was considered a state far from the center of power and was out of the focus of attention. Studying the issue of coinage in this region is important because coins are considered a valuable document in describing the archaeological identity of a region. Therefore, relying on the library resources, the central issue of this research was to identify and prepare a list of coins minted in Sakastan by Hormizd IV, the Sassanid Emperor. The results of this study reveal the fact that during the 13-year reign of Hormizd IV, coins were minted in only four separate years, namely years 3, 5, 10, and 12 of Hormizd IV and possibly to meet the economic needs of the region.
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چکیده: دوران شاهنشاهی هرمزد چهارم ساسانی (۵۷۹-۵۹۰ م.) را باید دورانی پر از جنگ و درگیری با سایر دولت‌ها و اقوام همسایه دانست، به همین علت تمام توجه حکومت به غرب کشور معطوف بود. سکستان یکی از مهمترین ایالت‌های ایران در دوره ساسانی بود که همیشه عضوی از خاندان شاه برای حکومت آنجا انتخاب می‌گردید. هرچند از ابتدای دوره ساسانی ضرابخانه سکستان بسیار فعال بوده، اما از دوره شاهنشاهی خسرو اول ضرب سکه با علامت اختصاری «سک» (SK) در آن معمول گردید و تا اسلامی شدن کامل سکه‌ها و حتی کمی پس از آن امتداد یافت. از آنجا که سکستان در دوره هرمزد چهارم، ایالتی دور نسبت به مرکز حاکمیت تلقی می‌شد و از دایره توجه خارج بود، مسأله ضرب سکه در آن اهمیت پیدا می‌کند چرا که سکه‌ها را می‌توان سندی ارزشمند در هویت باستان‌شناختی هر منطقه‌ای دانست؛ بنابراین مسأله کانونی این پژوهش بر شناسایی و تهیه فهرستی از سکه‌های ضرب شده در سکستان از دوران هرمزد چهارم ساسانی، با تکیه بر منابع کتابخانه‌ای قرار گرفت. برآیند این پژوهش مشخص ساخت که در طول دوران ۱۳ ساله شاهنشاهی هرمزد چهارم، فقط در چهار سال پراکنده، یعنی سال‌های ۳، ۵، ۱۰ و ۱۲ هرمزدی، و احتمالاً برای رفع نیاز اقتصادی منطقه، به ضرب سکه پرداخته شده است.

کلیدواژه: هرمزد چهارم ساسانی، سکستان (سیستان)، سکه‌شناسی، ساسانیان، درهم.

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Volume 2, Issue 2
December 2022
Pages 45-52

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