Ancient - Near East，ARMENIA: SASANIAN: AR drachm (3.61g), NM, year 6 (frozen), cf. Zeno-17577, early style, probably struck during the first quarter of the 7th century or slightly later, somewhat harshly cleaned, VF, R. This type was based on the standard drachm of Hormizd IV (579-590), with the mint name replaced by the denomination ZWZWN, the Aramaic word for the silver drachm, struck throughout much of the 7th century, later adopted by the Umayyads (type A-E97).
